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[[File:Control-chart.png|400px|thumb|right|[[Control chart]]]][[Control chart]] (hereinafter, the ''Chart'') is a [[quality-control tool]] that represents a graphic display of the results, over time and against established control limits, of a process. They are used to determine if the process is ''in control'' or in need of adjustment.
 
[[File:Control-chart.png|400px|thumb|right|[[Control chart]]]][[Control chart]] (hereinafter, the ''Chart'') is a [[quality-control tool]] that represents a graphic display of the results, over time and against established control limits, of a process. They are used to determine if the process is ''in control'' or in need of adjustment.
  
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==Definition==
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According to [[Juran's Quality Handbook by Defeo (7th edition)]],
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:[[Control chart]]. A graphical tool used to determine if a process is in a state of (usually statistical) control over time. Most popular are Shewhart statistical process control charts.
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According to [[Cost Accounting by Horngren, Datar, Rajan (14th edition)]],
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:[[Control chart]]. Graph of a series of successive observations of a particular step, procedure, or operation taken at regular intervals of time. Each observation is plotted relative to specified ranges that represent the limits within which observations are expected to fall.
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Latest revision as of 19:38, 10 July 2020

Control chart (hereinafter, the Chart) is a quality-control tool that represents a graphic display of the results, over time and against established control limits, of a process. They are used to determine if the process is in control or in need of adjustment.

Definition

According to Juran's Quality Handbook by Defeo (7th edition),

Control chart. A graphical tool used to determine if a process is in a state of (usually statistical) control over time. Most popular are Shewhart statistical process control charts.

According to Cost Accounting by Horngren, Datar, Rajan (14th edition),

Control chart. Graph of a series of successive observations of a particular step, procedure, or operation taken at regular intervals of time. Each observation is plotted relative to specified ranges that represent the limits within which observations are expected to fall.

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