{"id":27880,"date":"2019-02-28T02:55:50","date_gmt":"2019-02-28T07:55:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.opexlearning.com\/resources\/?p=27880"},"modified":"2019-02-28T02:55:50","modified_gmt":"2019-02-28T07:55:50","slug":"walter-a-shewhart-and-his-contributions-to-statistical-quality-control","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.opexlearning.com\/resources\/walter-a-shewhart-and-his-contributions-to-statistical-quality-control\/27880\/","title":{"rendered":"Walter A Shewhart and His Contributions to Statistical Quality Control"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"a296a24fa2fc69ef5487857f02f111e8\" data-index=\"9\" style=\"float: none; margin:10px 0 10px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Single Post readerboard -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:inline-block;width:728px;height:90px\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-8207522353004717\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1144967431\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/staging.opexlearning.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/walter-a-shewhart.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"342\" class=\"size-full wp-image-27881 aligncenter\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.opexlearning.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/walter-a-shewhart.jpg 250w, https:\/\/staging.opexlearning.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/walter-a-shewhart-219x300.jpg 219w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>Walter A Shewhart and His Contributions to Statistical Quality Control<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Walter A Shewhart is a name highly revered amongst modern engineers as a man who married statistics, quality control, and process improvement in an era when quality control involved discarding defective items post-manufacture.<\/p>\n<p>He is often regarded as the grandfather of total quality management and process improvement. Not only that, his concepts serve as a primer for quality engineers to this day.<\/p>\n<p><b>Early Life, Work, and Contributions<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-IN\">Shewhart attended the University of Illinois at UrbanaChampaign before pursuing his doctorate in physics from the University of California, Berkeley in 1917. He worked for the Western Electric Company and was with the Inspection Engineering Department until 1925 when he joined the newly established Bell Telephone Laboratories. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-IN\">Whilst at Bell Labs, Shewhart revolutionized the production process followed at the time. He leveraged schematic control charts of his creation to bring down the number of defective pieces being manufactured. This not only brought down costs for the company but also helped in building credibility among consumers. <\/span><span lang=\"EN-IN\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-IN\">Today, he is one of the most revered and well-respected personalities in the field of process improvement and quality. His contributions to process adjustments in manufacturing are still considered the founding stones for modern industry six sigma quality guidelines.<\/span><span lang=\"EN-IN\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Shewhart&#8217;s contributions to Process Improvement  Reducing variation<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-IN\">Shewhart is best known for his simple schematic control chart which changed the manufacturing industry forever. This chart outlined principles essential to modern process quality control. These are followed to this day with certain improvements as production processes became more complicated. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-IN\">A key thing to remember in any process is that no two products will ever be the same. Reducing these variations to improve quality has always been one of the manufacturing industry&#8217;s greatest challenges. Dr. Shewhart&#8217;s acknowledgment of two classes of variation, namely special-cause&#8217; and common-cause&#8217; led him to improve his control chart mentioned above. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-IN\">He proposed variables which would reduce common-cause&#8217; variations. According to him, to distinguish between the two, every manufacturing process would need to be brought under statistical control. This and other principles of Shewhart helped pave the way for modern analysis of manufacturing processes. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Deming Wheel Cycle and Six Sigma<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-IN\">One of Shewhart&#8217;s other well-known accomplishments included a simple plan termed PDCA or plan-do-check-act, an iterative four-step management method for the continual improvement of processes. This is also known famously as the Deming Wheel cycle.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-IN\">In six sigma programmes, the above-mentioned cycle is renamed as DMAIC or define-measure-analyze-improve-control. A guiding principle of the PDCA\/DMAIC is the iterative nature of the processes. More the number of iterations a product is subjected to, the better the end output.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-IN\">To illustrate and highlight his contribution to six sigma and the PDCA cycle, the latter needs to be looked at from the perspective of a company which isn&#8217;t experiencing profits.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-IN\">The company would brainstorm ideas for improvement which is the plan&#8217; phase of the cycle. Next, the company chooses an actionable course, then pursues it, which constitutes the &#8220;do&#8221; phase. The next phase check&#8217; constitutes studies conducted to test the results of the actions taken prior. This phase also quantifies the efficacy of the prior phase and serves as the foundation stone for the next step. In the act\u009d phase, the company analyses the observed results. If the results are up to the mark, the process is set in stone until further improvements are needed. If they are not, this phase instructs the company to circle back to the original brainstorming pool to start the process over again and repeat the cycle until the company is pleased with the results.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-IN\">This plan illustrates Shewhart&#8217;s brilliance and the thought process that the continuous evaluation of management procedures and the consideration of new ideas are vital in streamlining &#8220;common causes&#8221; and mitigating &#8220;special causes&#8221; in variation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Conclusion<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-IN\">In conclusion, Shewhart is one of the most eminent contributors in Six Sigma and process improvement. 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