Re: SPC vs. 100% Inspection - Is SPC still value-added when 100% inspection is in pla
Once again, the OP said he's already doing 100% inspection, and wanted to know if it would be useful to do SPC in addition to it, not in place of it. Unfortunately I'm not in a position of omniscience and can't see the OP's process and can't offer an opinion as to whether the 100% inspection he's doing is needed or not. There are times--all over the world and in many types of businesses--when 100% inspection is necessary and can't be responsibly done away with and this is despite mindless platitudes about 100% inspection being evil in every case.
Yes, mostly American manufacturers imho. If you have to "get use" to 100% inspection as a norm, again, imho, you should not be in that particular commodity in the first place. I am 100% American, born and raised in Michigan actually. "Getting use to"...100% inspection tells me about an organization's top management support. A cop out imho. Also, "vs" imho does mean one or the other. Of course all of us Quality professionals would never dream (or would hope not) only utilizing only one or the other Quality problem solving tool for any given scenario. My extensive travels have showed me one thing, among many, I would never hear such a thing in some other countries, meaning SPC vs. 100% inspection...all catching up with us now.