Journal of Statistical and Econometric Methods

An Application of Control Charts in Manufacturing Industry

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    The range control chart and the X bar control chart are the well known and the most popular tools for detecting out- of-control signals in the Statistical Quality Control (SQC). The control charts has shown his worth in the manufacturing industry. In this study we have applied the range and the X bar control charts to a product of Swat Pharmaceutical Company. The variables under study were weight/ml, Ph, Citrate % and the amount of fill. Besides the X bar control chart, the exponentially weighted moving average control chart and the multivariate Hotelling’s T2 control chart were applied to the same data.