Quality monitor gives realtime SPC feedback

NWA Quality Monitor from Adept Scientific enables a factory to standardise workflow procedures, automate data collection, and provide real-time SPC feedback throughout an operation.

During April 2008, Adept Scientific and Northwest Analytical demonstrated how the Quality Monitor and Quality Analyst products help companies to achieve the very best from their quality systems and production processes.

The recent SPC Best Practice and Quality Systems Day included briefings from Northwest Analytical (NWA), developers of a suite of dedicated SPC software.

The company demonstrated some key developments to future software, and customers presented real-life case studies.

Chief technical officer of Northwest Analytical in Portland, Oregon, USA, Louis Halvorsen, said: "It is very important to us that our customers receive the very best service and advice from NWA and our partners.

It is fantastic to have the opportunity to meet with them and share SPC 'best practice'.

Customer feedback is essential if we are to continue to provide the very best in quality analytic solutions".

The customer presentations played a huge role in sharing this information through their experiences with the software.

British Gypsum told delegates how NWA's Quality Monitor and Quality Analyst programs have improved the process control of plasterboard production at their Kirkby Thore plant.

The company plans to use the software in all its plants.

A welcome extra case study to the proceedings was British Energy who discussed its experiences as they identified and implemented Quality Monitor as their tool for collecting and analysing chemical and laboratory information.

Two training sessions entitled: 'Automate your SPC reporting with Quality Analyst run files' and 'Integrating Quality Analyst with database systems' were included.

Senior technical support specialist at Adept Scientific, Dave Woodward, commented: "The day was a huge success and the delegates went away with an increased knowledge of how automated SPC systems can really enhance their manufacturing processes, increase productivity and customer satisfaction".

* About NWA Quality Monitor - NWA Quality Monitor represents a powerful, configurable single solution for all your plant-floor quality monitoring needs.

The software enables you to standardise workflow procedures, automate data collection, and provide real-time SPC feedback throughout your operation, all in an off-the-shelf, PC-based package.

* About NWA Quality Analyst - NWA Quality Analyst has long been the SPC/SQC software of choice for quality management professionals.

It provides a simple, intuitive means of highlighting and charting process data, so you can analyse trends, share process information with colleagues, managers, suppliers and customers, and develop strategies to improve and maintain quality.

NWA Quality Monitor and NWA Quality Analyst are supplied and supported in the UK, Ireland, Germany, Austria, Scandinavia and Nordic countries by Adept Scientific.

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