Control Charts and the Pre-control Process


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Target Audience
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Overview/Description
Six Sigma teams may be tempted to consider their work done once they have improved their processes during the Improve phase. However, in the Control phase of the Six Sigma® process improvement system, teams go further and verify that improved processes continue to perform at the improved levels. This course will present control charts, which are used to determine with statistical precision the extent to which improved processes maintain improvement level performance with minimum variation and are, thus, under control. The course also will present the pre-control process, an easier and quicker method for determining whether an improved process produces products or services within specification limits. Six Sigma is a registered Trademark of Motorola Corporation, and all rights, title, and interest in Six Sigma belongs to Motorola.

Target Audience
Candidates for Black Belt certification; managers/executives overseeing personnel involved in the implementation of Six Sigma in their organization; consultants involved in implementing a Six Sigma proposal; and organizations implementing a Six Sigma project

Expected Duration (hours)
2.0

Lesson Objectives

Control Charts

  • identify the benefits of using control charts.
  • match the types of variable data control charts to their descriptions.
  • match the types of special case control charts to their descriptions.
  • interpret a given control chart.
  • The Pre-control Process

  • identify the benefits of using the pre-control process.
  • sequence the steps of the pre-control method.
  • identify examples of the appropriate uses of the pre-control method.
  • correctly perform the pre-control process for Six Sigma.
  • Course Number:
    OPER0222