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.”

When Monitoring Should Turn Into Action | Lab Wizard

When Monitoring Should Turn Into Action

Good operations teams do not ask only, “What is the value right now?”
They ask, “What should we do next, and why?”