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Tom Gaskell
I've worked in industry as a consultant, manager and quality trouble-shooter for most of my career.
After spending 14 years in a multi-national consulting organisation and 10 years working in telecomms design and manufacturing start-ups, I set up the Cambridge (UK)-based quality, manufacturing and business consultancy Primilis (http://www.primilis.com) in 2006.
Daily Archives: 28 September 2009
How does Statistical Process Control work?
Compared with many quality management techniques, Statistical Process Control is self-evident. It’s all about controlling processes. Using statistics. ”Simples!” as the meerkat in the advert says… Well, no, statistics are rarely that simple. Underpinning SPC’s apparent straightforwardness is mathematical detail that … Continue reading
