The computation for skewness does not fully describe everything that happens as a distribution becomes more skewed. Here we shall use some examples to visualize just what skewness does—and does not—involve.

Corrective action and preventive action (CAPA) is probably the most important process in any quality management system because so much else depends on it.

The cumulative sum (or Cusum) technique is occasionally offered as an alternative to process behavior charts, even though they have completely different objectives. Process behavior charts characterize whether a process has been operated predictably.

Over two days, engage in eight unique best practice sessions with 11 process improvement and thought leaders at S.O.A.R. 2022, OpusWorks’ annual virtual conference.

In today’s column, I’m looking at the Ohno Circle in light of German philosopher Martin Heidegger’s 

On Dec. 7, 2021, Ford Motor Co.

At some point, every medical device company will encounter an issue that requires an internal investigation.

As the world moves toward a new, post-pandemic normal, industries must leverage digital transformation at an accelerated pace. This is already happening.

Most of the world’s data are obtained as byproducts of operations. These observational data track what happens over time and have a structure that requires a different approach to analysis than that used for experimental data.