Hey everyone, welcome to this section introduction to statistical process control and control charts. In the previous section, you learned the history of statistical process control and got introduced to the concepts of common cause and special cause variation. You will now get introduced to the concept of statistical process control and control charts. This is a key section because it sets the tone and your foundational knowledge of statistical process control as well as control charts. In this section you will learn what is statistical process control also popularly known as SPC, what are control charts? What is the difference between control limits and specification limits?
What are the characteristics of an in control process? What are the characteristics of an out of control process And leading indicator versus lagging indicator. You will end this section with an intriguing quiz that will test your knowledge on the topics that you learn here. So why wait? Let's begin with the first lecture. What is statistical process control?