Quality Analyst: Statistical Quality
Control Charting and Analysis and Reporting
- Ease of use
- Flexibility
- Power
- Automation
- Integration
- Database connectivity
- Exception reporting
- Assignable Cause/ Corrective Action
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Statistical Analysis
Gold: Quality Analyst, Northwest Analytical
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NWA
Quality Analyst is an award winning SPC charting and analysis software
solution providing the best combination of power, flexibility, and ease
of use of any SPC software available. It enables a wide range of users
to graphically analyse process behavior and judge the impact of process
improvement decisions with minimal training in statistical techniques.
It integrates with all major manufacturing information systems. Quality
Analyst is used by more than 5,000 manufacturers to analyse plant data
for vendor certification, regulatory compliance, process improvement,
and cost reduction.
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New in Version 6.1
Ease of Use
Quality Analyst combines comprehensive charting and analysis capabilities
with interactive operation to turn your data into valuable information.
Developed for ease of use, Quality Analyst provides:
- Fast, simple
charting-from start to chart in as few as three mouse
clicks
- Simple, direct data and chart setup
- Multiple chart displays and
printing with drag-and-drop page layout
- Easy, wizard-guided automation
- Straightforward connection to external
databases
Flexibility
When it comes to setting up
charts for specific analytical needs, Quality Analyst offers unmatched
flexibility and versatility. User preferences can be set using clear,
logical, consistent dialogs. While default settings produce the most
commonly accepted form, charts can be quickly customised. You can define
any chart to meet internal, customer, or regulatory requirements, for
example:
- Combine attribute,
measurement, and descriptive information in the same data set
- Select
from more than 20 process capability indices and 8 distributions
- Select
from 19 pattern and run rules, or create your own
- Choose fonts, colors,
aspect ratios, and annotations to create presentation quality graphics
Power
Quality Analyst's operational power is available directly
from the spreadsheetlike user interface, providing:
- Access to all configuration,
charting, and analytical functions from a single screen
- A suite of
advanced data management tools
- A robust data structure allowing all
charting and analysis from a single data set
- User-defined calculated
variables (including a visual equation builder), multi-key data sorting,
and multicriteria data filtering
- Pop-up windows displaying descriptive
characteristics and rule violations for any point on a chart
Automation
Automating the charting process is easy with Quality Analyst’s
popular “Run file” (scripting) technology. Run files automate
virtually all of Quality Analyst’s extensive capabilities. In
addition to automatically creating SPC charts, users can select data
variables and chart types, specify filter criteria, or even enter new
data without running the full Quality Analyst product. While most users
will create Run files using Quality Analyst’s built-in AutomationWizard,
advanced users can create and modify Run file scripts with a text editor.
Integration
Quality Analyst integrates with all major manufacturing information
systems to serve as the SPC analysis and charting component of an integrated
quality information system. The combination of database connectivity
and synchronization, Run File automation, and XML output provide the
tools necessary to automatically collect, analyze, and report on data
from virtually any source. Quality Analyst’s SPC analysis can
be launched directly from desktop icons or from other applications.
Database connection is automatic and users can be prompted to guide
workflows and modify queries.
Database Connectivity
 NWA Quality Analyst® connects to any ODBC-compliant database,
providing an automatic link to applications built on databases such
as Microsoft Access, SQL Server, Oracle, and DB2. Database connections
are defined by using Quality Analyst’s step-by-step point-and-click
configuration or by creating custom SQL queries.
You can create dynamic SQL
queries that prompt the user for input parameters such as date ranges,
product codes, or lot numbers. All SPC information, including control
limit shifts, Assignable Cause/Corrective Action, chart comments, and
tagged data is automatically synchronised with the appropriate database
record. Quality Analyst can also be configured to automatically read
product specifications from remote databases using the same connection
process. This allows for seamless integration with information systems
such as SCM, ERP, MES, LIMS, HMI/SCADA, or Historians.
Connecting a Quality Analyst Data Set to an external database is straightforward.
The user interface lets you select the database, data table, data fields,
and even filters using familiar point-andclick methods. For more complex
databases, Quality Analyst can connect to views, queries, or stored
procedures, or you can embed your own SQL statements in the Quality
Analyst data definition.
Exception Reporting
 You can design any number of exception reports for each Data Set and
provide a wide range of reports on SPC, specification, and pattern-rule
violations.
The SPC chart associated with the exception is generated with the
click of a button. In addition, you can combine multiple Exception
Reports in Quality Analyst Run Files to produce a single report that
scans quality data across a process or facility.
Assignable Cause/Corrective
Action
Predefined Assignable Cause and Corrective
Action text and ad hoc comments can be assigned to data points on any
SPC chart. Multiple Assignable Cause/Corrective Action report formats
plus Pareto analysis helps support quality initiatives and compliance
programs such as Six Sigma, ISO, and CAPA.
Find out more ...
NWA Quality Analyst can help
you achieve continuous process improvement in your organisation, saving
costs and improving quality - for more information,
contact your local Adept
Scientific office.
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