With eSPC, you can deploy real-time SPC software across multiple plants. Whether you have just a few plants in the U.S., or hundreds of plants worldwide, eSPC stores your quality data in a centralized location so that you can access it from anywhere in the world. The corporate quality department can conduct plant-to-plant comparisons to easily identify where improvements and efficiencies can be made.

Machine operators on the shop floor input test data into the system during production and the software presents the results on customized charts and graphs. Some of eSPC's advanced data collection features include:

• Control of data entry sequence
• Real-time warnings of bad data
• Preventing the input of unreasonable values
• Limiting the edits of previously entered data
• Integration with electronic gauging devices
• Support of unlimited descriptive tag assignments

eSPC's charts and graphs allow you to sort, slice and dice data in millions of ways, allowing extensive comparative analyses. By using readily available production data, you don't need to invest in expensive off-line studies or additional statistical software. eSPC offers both variable and attribute control charts, multi-level Pareto charts, capability analysis charts (for normal and non-normal distributions) Subgroup tracking reports, and many others.

eSPC as a Quality Management Hub

AMR Research says that companies can best manage enterprise-wide quality through a "hub": "Quality Management hubs enable collaboration, reducing brand and business network risk."

The benefits of the hub approach are:

• Local operations excellence
• Supplier quality management
• Risk reduction through early warning and pattern analysis
• Integrated quality performance management

To learn more about the benefits of implementing a quality management hub for your enterprise, read the AMR Report.