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NWA eHACCP CD and DVD information pack
This CD and DVD Information Pack offers a complete overview of the new NWA eHACCP system.

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NWA Quality Analyst Version 6 Product Tour
A brief introduction to NWA Quality Analyst

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NWA Quality Monitor Product Tour
A brief introduction to NWA Quality Monitor

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Patches and Updates - Current Version

NWA Quality Monitor Patches and Updates
Patches and updates for current and previous versions of NWA Quality Monitor

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NWA Quality Analyst Patches and Updates
Patches and updates for current and previous versions of NWA Quality Analyst

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NWA Quality Analytics Server Datasheet

General Brochures

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Quality Analyst Multivariate SPC datasheet
Multivariate SPC Charting and Analysis with NWA MvSPC

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NWA Quality Information System datasheet

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NWA Quality Information System brochure
Affordable quality automation

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NWA Quality Information System datasheet
Complete Quality Information Management from Data Collection to Charts

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NWA Quality Analyst datasheet
Superior real-time SPC charting, analysis and reporting

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NWA Quality Analyst brochure
Superior real-time SPC charting, analysis and reporting

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NWA Quality Analytics Server - Integrated Configurable Excellence

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NWA Suite brochure

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Stability/Shelf Life Prediction with NWA Stability Analytics™ datasheet

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New features in NWA Quality Analyst 6.2 datasheet
Details of improvements and new features for Quality Analyst Version 6.2

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SPC Maintenance Brochure
Your guide to the SPC maintenance plan. The most cost-effective way to keep your software and technological assets current.

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Using NWA Quality Monitor for HACCP Data Collection in Food Processing - Datasheet

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NWA eHACCP Solution Datasheet

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NWA SPCx Datasheet - Embedded Real-Time SPC for FactoryTalk View SE

NWA QAx Datasheet

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NWA SPCx Datasheet - Embedded SPC designed specifically for InTouch

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NWA Quality Monitor Supervisor Datasheet

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NWA Quality Monitor Datasheet

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NWA Quality Analyst and IndustrialSQL Server
Discover the integrated, easy-to-use decision support tool that unlocks the data stored in InSQL.

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Whats New in NWA Quality Monitor 2.4?
The next generation solution for factory floor quality from the makers of NWA Quality Analyst

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Specifications

NWA Quality Analyst specifications version 6.2
Specifications datasheet for NWA Quality Analyst version 6.2

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Product Manuals

NWA Quality Analyst Quick Start Guide
Get a head start using NWA Quality Analyst

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NWA Quality Monitor Configuration Manual
Addendum to the NWA Quality Monitor Configuration Manual which describes the new features in version 2.2

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Patches and Updates - Previous Versions

NWA Quality Monitor Patches and Updates
Patches and updates for current and previous versions of NWA Quality Monitor

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NWA Quality Analyst Patches and Updates
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Case Study: NWA Quality Analyst Supports Nuclear and Environmental Analysis Work

Posters

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Request by post all of the Statistical Process Control (SPC) How to... series of wallcharts

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How to... report quality data to management and customers with NWA Quality Analyst
This is the fifth in a series of wallcharts to show how Statistical Process Control (SPC) with NWA Quality Analyst software can deliver continual process improvement to your operation.

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How to... study Sub Group Data to improve quality performance with NWA Quality Analyst
This is the fourth in a series of wallcharts to show how Statistical Process Control (SPC) with NWA Quality Analyst software can deliver continual process improvement to your operation.

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How to... analyse production defects to eliminate waste and ensure quality with NWA Quality Analyst
This is the third in a series of wallcharts to show how Statistical Process Control (SPC) with NWA Quality Analyst software can deliver continual process improvement to your operation.

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How to... monitor your processes to ensure quality targets are met with NWA Quality Analyst
This is the first in a series of wallcharts to show how Statistical Process Control (SPC) with NWA Quality Analyst software can deliver continual process improvement to your operation.

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How to... use Trend Analysis to identify and evaluate process variations with NWA Quality Analyst
This is the second in a series of wallcharts to show how Statistical Process Control (SPC) with NWA Quality Analyst software can deliver continual process improvement to your operation.

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Training Information

NWA Quality Analyst Training Datasheet
NWA Quality Analyst Training Datasheet

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Adept Scientific Online Training
A brief guide to our online training.

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SPC Consultancy Information Pack
A guide to how Adept Scientific can assist with the planning, preparation, deployment and implementation of projects via our dedicated consultancy services.

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Case Studies

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Chemtest Case Study - Delivering the industry's best turnaround times
Learn how analysis and monitoring services provider Chemtest is continuing to deliver the fastest turnaround times in the industry after installing Northwest Analytical's Quality Analyst from Adept Scientific. Laboratory service providers have previously struggled to cope with vast and growing amounts of data required to provide the comprehensive service offered by these companies.

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Iams Case Study - Using NWA Quality Analyst to Optimise Fill Weights and Generate Savings
When it comes to feeding cats and dogs, The Iams Company is serious about The worldwide leader in premium pet foods uses statistical process control (SPC) and continuous process improvement at every stage of its production operation.

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NWA Case Study - Cask of thousands
Scotland's youngest distillery is using Quality Analyst software from Northwest Analytics to maintain rigorous control over some of the drinks industry's most traditional products.

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SPC Whitepaper - Our Customers Want Us to Do It
Properly implemented, SPC saves you many thousands of pounds and has a direct benefit to the profitability of your business

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SPC Whitepaper - How can I get Funding for My Quality System
Get your ROI justification right and you don't need any other reason to say yes to SPC

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SPC Casebook: Crompton Technology wind up flight control with NWA
Read how NWA Quality Monitor helps meet demanding aerospace industry quality standards.

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SPC Casebook: Metabolising statistical benefits with SPC
Learn how NWA Quality Analyst, has become an integral part of ABN's raw material and finished product quality effort, adding significant benefits to the company's customer relations as well as providing cost reductions and more effective use of time.

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SPC Case Study: Saint Gobain Containers Achieves High Efficiencies with NWA Quality Analyst
The software makes it easy to compare data collected over days, weeks, months and even years, allowing them to spot large trends and unusual patterns that might otherwise be missed in the day-to-day views

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SPC Case Study - Newark Group Uses NWA to Decrease Process Variation and Increase Profits
The Longview, WA facility of Newark Paperboard Products produces paperboard tubes that are used for applications such as paper mill winder cores, tubes used in a variety of packaging applications and as concrete forms.

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SPC Case Study - Gallo Glass uses Quality Analytics and Reporting for bottle production
The Gallo Glass plant in Modesto California is one of world's largest bottle plants. Fourteen glass lines make more than 100 types of bottles in sizes and shapes ranging from 187 ml single serving bottles to 4 liter jugs. The plant is the sole supplier to the E & J Gallo Winery and produces over 2 million bottles a day.

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SPC Casebook 26: Brewing the Best with the NWA Quality Information System
Find out how Widmer Brothers Brewing Company push their brewing process performance to the next level with the help of NWA Quality Information System.

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SPC Casebook: Rockwood Monitors Pigment Performance Around the World
Find out how Rockwood Pigments implemented NWA Quality Information System to improve process management.

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SPC Casebook: Three Valleys Water
Read how Three Valleys Water, monitor water through a variety of tests using NWA Quality Analyst.

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SPC Casebook: Unimix Uses NWA Quality Analyst to Build the Worlds Tallest Building
Unimix uses NWA Quality Analyst to monitor and improve its processes, demonstrate capability to meet specifications, provide quality deliverables to customers and maintain its position as the largest supplier to the tallest building projects.

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SPC Case Study - Praxair Employs NWA for Ultra-Pure Process Gas Customer Satisfaction
Praxair Electronics produces process and precursor gases used by the majority of semiconductor chip and solar cell manufacturers. They have integrated NWA Quality Analyst with their quality management databases for major process improvement and cost savings.

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SPC Casebook: How Kettle Foods maintained the quality of the artisan potato chip and achieved high volume production

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SPC Case Study - PerkinElmer LABWORKS integrates NWA SPC software to help water department meet quality standards
The Hong Kong Water Department uses a LIMS from NWA Partner PerkinElmer to help it monitor and control water quality and meet the (World Health Organization) quality recommendations.

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SPC Casebook: NWA Quality Analyst Goes Global for Better Nutrition
?Find out why Fortitech, the leader in the development and manufacture of custom nutrient premix blends, use NWA Quality Analyst as its standard SPC charting, analysis and documentation tool.

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How to... load specifications from Excel into NWA Quality Analyst

SPC Casebook: The Role of Statistical Process Control in Six Sigma
Featuring the Dow Chemical Company Six Sigma case study

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The Application of SPC for Process Improvement and Cost Reduction

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SPC Casebook: Nuclear analysis operations improved with Quality Analyst
Learn how Quality Analyst sotware from Northwest Analytical (NWA), provided by Adept Scientific, is helping Sellafield Ltd to achieve its regulatory commitments and remain at the forefront of quality and safety in the industry.

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SPC Casebook: Consistency improvements accompany customer relations benefits for plastic film pioneers
Learn how leading manufacturer of metallised films and laminates, Camvac Limited, has realised production and customer benefits with the introduction of Northwest Analytical?s (NWA) Statistical Process Control (SPC) software, Quality Monitor and Quality Analyst.

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SPC NWA Quality Monitor Casebook: Engineering process quality for fasteners leader
BAS Components, a major supplier of Proprietary 'Flangeform' fasteners with 'in Die' and robotic cell automation technology, chooses NWA?s Quality Monitor to enhance its processes and customer satisfaction levels.

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NWA White Paper: The case for using Statistical Process Control (SPC) in the Food Industry
Discover the benefits of using Statistical Process Control (SPC) in order to monitor Critical Control Point (CCP) data in the food industry.

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SPC Casebook: Integrating ISO 9001 and ISO 22000
Read how ISO 22000 and ISO 9001 are related and how together they define food safety and quality management systems.

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NWA Case Study: Building Better Anodes with NWA Quality Analytics Server
Read how ALCAN has implemented Quality Analytics Server to monitor their carbon anode forming process in one of their smelters.

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SPC Casebook: The role of SPC in the Food Industry - featuring Butterball Turkey Company who used SPC to expand and improve its new Turkey Inspection System

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SPC Casebook: Using SPC to optimise product fill weights, minimise overfill and still comply with regulations.

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SPC Casebook: Reducing variables in cuts of meat
Excel tests statistical process control methods to attain product consistency

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SPC whitepaper: Using SPC methods to trigger preventative maintenance and prevent CCP violations
Achieve a more productive maintence system and a successful HACCP system.

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SPC Whitepaper: Integrating HACCP and SPC

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NWA white paper - 21st Century Process Management Using SPC Based Manufacturing Analytics
This article discusses how actively using SPC and Manufacturing Analytics lets you use large volumes of process data effectively to efficiently manage your enterprise.

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SPC Casebook: Nuclear Energy
Read how British Energy has saved money and improved the reliability and flexibility of its chemistry condition monitoring system.

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SPC Casebook: The Welsh Blood Service Improves Quality with SPC
NWA Quality Analyst provides an array of tools vital to running and developing quality control and analysis

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SPC Casebook: Better quality across the board
NWA's Quality Monitor and Quality Analyst products improve consistency at BPB Gypsum.

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SPC Whitepaper: Why paper-based SPC is not as reliable as you think!
Paper-based methods of capturing and communicating process data often give a false sense of security.

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SPC Case Study - National Titanium Dioxide Company Implements NWA Quality Suite to Support World-Class Manufacturing

SPC Casebook: Quality is in the Blood with SPC and Analysis Software
Featuring the NHS Blood and Transplant case study

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NWA Quality Analyst Case Study: Delivering the "Stats" for US School Lunch Quality and Safety

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NWA Application Pack 4 - Applications for the electronics industry
NWA software solutions can help improve product quality and reduce manufacturing costs

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NWA Application Pack 5 - Applications for the life sciences industry
NWA software solutions allow product quality and process capability reports

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NWA Application Pack 3 - Applications for the chemical industry
NWA software solutions can help identify potential problems and inefficiencies faster and can improve the reliability of product and process analysis reporting

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NWA Application Pack 2 - Applications for the packaging industry
NWA software solutions can help ensure product consistency, increase efficiency and provide reporting to meet regulatory requirements

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NWA Application Pack 1 - Applications for the food industry
NWA software solutions can help ensure product consistency, increase efficiency and provide reporting to meet regulatory requirements

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SPC Casebook: SPC in Electronics Manufacturing
Statistical Process Control and Printed Circuit Board Manufacturing

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SPC Casebook: A Global Quality Culture is in the bag with SPC
Crown Cork and Seal Co. implement a company-wide quality standardisation program with Northwest Analytical SPC software

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SPC Casebook: Moving from Product Control to Process Control
Actively managing process variation is key

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SPC Casebook: SQC in the Laboratory
Using SQC to monitor analytical methods

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SPC Casebook: Driving Enterprise Process Intelligence
Why continuous process monitoring and improvement is everyone's responsibility

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SPC Casebook: Integrating HACCP and SPC
The Role of SPC in the Food Processing Industry

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SPC Casebook: SPC and ISO 9000
The role of SPC in the ISO 9000 process

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SPC Casebook: The steps to implementing statistical process control
The steps to implementing statistical process control

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SPC Casebook: Statistical quality control at a components manufacturer
Statistical quality control at a components manufacturer

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SPC Casebook: Process Capability Analysis In Laboratory Quality Control
Process Capability Analysis In Laboratory Quality Control

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SPC Casebook: How statistical process control helps the national blood service
How statistical process control helps the national blood service

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SPC Casebook: The case for using professional SPC software instead of Excel
Explains how professional statistical process control software overcomes the limitations of Excel for improving the quality of your product or process

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Additional Resources

How to analyse your Excel data in NWA Quality Analyst
See how easy it is to get Excel data into Quality Analyst. Install the demo, then follow the To-do's instructions for yourself or send us your Excel dataset and we'll do it for you.

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NWA Quality Analyst Comparison Chart
See how NWA Quality Analyst has developed over the last three releases

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SPC Evaluation Pack
Request your SPC Evaluation Pack and put your quality project on the right track.

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Enterprise Manufacturing Intelligence for intelligent manufacturing
More and more manufacturing companies are putting MI on their strategic projects list in an attempt to bring together data from many sources for reporting, analysis, visual summaries and data flow between enterprise-level and plant-floor systems. The goal is to turn large amounts of manufacturing data into real, usable knowledge that drives business results.

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Process Improvement Through SPC
An introduction to SPC tools and techniques and how they can be used to understand and improve processes (and increase profits).

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Finding the Return on Investment (ROI) in your Quality System
Whether you want to control fill-weights, reduce energy consumption or rework, lower warranty costs or detect problems earlier, this presentation shows you how to quantify the return on investment of investing in SPC using worked examples.

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Holistic SPC
This article looks at the role of Statistical Process Control in a holistic approach to process understanding and improvement at Napp Pharmaceuticals.

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Multivariate SPC the next step in a comprehensive Analytics Program - A PowerPoint Presentation
Read how NWA's new Multivariate SPC tool can help to move your quality program to the next level and provide on-going process monitoring. The intuitive solution integrates tightly with your databases and multivariate modelling software to provide powerful multivariate SPC techniques.

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ISO 22000 Compliant Food Safety Systems Recorded Webinar

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Manufacturing Chemist Press Coverage - SQC in the laboratory
Statistical Quality Control can be useful in monitoring analytical methods, increasing customer confidence in results and speeding decision-making on out-of-spec results argues Michelle Boness of Adept Scientific.

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Quality Manufacturing Today Press Coverage - Better quality across the board
Shopfloor data collection and spc software is helping British Gypsum to implement consistent quality processes and improve productivity in plants throughout the UK

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The Future of Food Regulations Article

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Videos

How to get more from NWA Quality Analyst
Learn useful tips & tricks to make NWA Quality Analyst work harder and faster for you.

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How to connect to ANY ODBC database in NWA Quality Analyst
See how easy it is to connect to any Excel, Access, SQL and Oracle database to analyse your existing data - all with a single SPC application.

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How to automate your control charts and reports
Learn how to create the plots you use the most automatically at the click of a button!

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Demo movie: See how NWA Quality Analytics Server can help you implement your Statistical Process Control systems.
This short movie shows how Quality Analytics Server (QAS) can help organisations who are implementing Statistical Process Control systems.

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