Why Your Process Looks Stable but Is Not | Lab Wizard

Why Your Process Looks Stable but Is Not: Process Monitoring

In metal finishing and surface treatment operations, process monitoring is often judged by what dashboards show. If values stay within limits and no alarms fire, the process is treated as under control. Even capable metal finishing software can still show green charts while important variation never reaches the chart.

The Problem With Averages in Process Data | Lab Wizard

In surface finishing and electroplating, averages show up everywhere: mean bath analysis for the day, mean thickness for a lot, mean pH from rounds, mean cleaner concentration for the week. Those summaries are convenient, but they are not the same thing as knowing whether the process behaved.

Why Most Process Data Is Looked At Too Late | Lab Wizard

Why Most Process Data Is Looked At Too Late

You collect process data. You know you should review it. You tell yourself you’ll look at it “after lunch” or “at the end of the shift” or “first thing tomorrow morning.”