Implementing SPC in a P/M Operation- The Results Department of Management, The University of Akron, Akron, OH Consultants to Brockway Pressed Metals, Incorporated, Brockway, PA

Format:

Conference/Event

Author/Creator:

Meek, Gary E., author.

Conference Name:

SAE International Congress & Exposition (1988-02-29 : Detroit, Michigan, United States)

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Warrendale, PA SAE International 1988

Summary:

For years, Brockway Pressed Metals, Incorporated, (BPM) of Brockway, PA, has been a supplier of quality pressed metal parts for a wide range of industrial applications. Until 1983, Brockway had been using standard quality control (QC) procedures based primarily on inspection. With the increasing emphasis on total statistical process control (SPC), Brockway's management decided that BPM should be one of the leaders in the P/M industry in making the transition from QC inspection to SPC. Upon making the commitment to SPC, management decided to use expertise from external sources to aid them in designing and implementing the SPC system.This paper details:The final section of the paper identifies some of the difficulties inherent in implementing an SPC program in a P/M operation that is primarily job-shop oriented. It contrasts this setting to the situations generally encountered by operations that involve long-running jobs. The summary makes recommendations for designing and implementing an SPC program in a job-shop type P/M environment

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Publisher Number:

880115

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