1. OSU Extension Catalog
Peer reviewed (Orange level)

Statistical Process Control: Part 7, Variables Control Charts

Scott Leavengood and James E. Reeb
EM 9109 | Published May 2015, Reviewed 2023

Summary

Describes control charts, the primary tools used in statistical process control.

Part of the Performance Excellence in the Wood Products Industry publication series.

The supplemental example spreadsheet below includes all data and charts from this publication.

Supplemental files

About the authors

Scott Leavengood
Forest Products Manufacturing
James E. Reeb
Extension forester and associate professor
Forest Engineering, Resources, and Management, Lincoln County
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