SPC Database Manual

1 Contents
1 Main Page ................................................................................................................................................................. 3
1.1 Basic navigation ................................................................................................................................................ 3
2 Report List ................................................................................................................................................................. 3
3 Add or edit monitoring parameters/ specification ................................................................................................... 4
3.1 Add or edit Control Point information .............................................................................................................. 4
3.2 Add or edit common parameter list ................................................................................................................. 4
3.3 Add or edit specification ................................................................................................................................... 4
3.4 Add or edit standard unit list ............................................................................................................................ 5
3.5 Input drawing or images ................................................................................................................................... 5
3.6 Relating parameters with reports ..................................................................................................................... 5
4 Data and Monitoring ................................................................................................................................................. 6
4.1 Setting the point sequence ............................................................................................................................... 6
4.2 New Point information...................................................................................................................................... 6
4.3 Updating displayed data ................................................................................................................................... 6
4.4 Viewing information of each Point ................................................................................................................... 7
4.5 Adding new record ............................................................................................................................................ 7
4.5.1 Show drawing from Data Entry form ........................................................................................................ 7
4.5.2 Add or edit inspector list ........................................................................................................................... 7
4.5.3 Add or edit crew list .................................................................................................................................. 7
4.6 Viewing list of records for each point ............................................................................................................... 8
4.7 Viewing records for editing ............................................................................................................................... 8
4.8 Deleting record ................................................................................................................................................. 8
4.9 Viewing list of insufficient data ......................................................................................................................... 9
5 Statistical Process Control ....................................................................................................................................... 10
5.1 SPC chart option setting.................................................................................................................................. 10
5.2 Individual moving range chart ........................................................................................................................ 11
5.2.1 Refresh data ............................................................................................................................................ 11
5.2.2 Display and select data for confirmation ................................................................................................ 11
5.2.3 Display the control chart ......................................................................................................................... 11
5.3 Average and range or average and standard deviation control chart ............................................................ 12
5.3.1 Refresh data ............................................................................................................................................ 12
5.3.2 Display and select data for confirmation ................................................................................................ 12
5.3.3 Display the control chart ......................................................................................................................... 12
5.4 Pre-determined control limit (UCL and LCL) ................................................................................................... 13
6 Preview IGP Quality Analysis Report....................................................................................................................... 14
7 Overall Flow Chart................................................................................................................................................... 15

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1 Main Page

Main page consist of 6 clickable buttons which linking to other page/ form.
Each page will be appears by single clicking on the button.
Buttons:
Report List : List of related record
Specification : Parameters/ specification details
Data and Monitoring : Data entry page
SPC : Statistical Process Control page
IGP Quality Analysis : Display IGP Quality Analysis report
Data Source File : Database data source management
1.1 Basic navigation
 Clicking on any button will open specific page or form or report respectively
 Pressing tab will change active button or tab or field from one to another
 Pressing enter on ASCII keyboard act as clicking the mouse to open specific page
or form or report respectively
 Click on will close the page or form or report
 Records are automatically saved when the active form is closed

2 Report List

Click on Report List button at the Main Page to

add or edit record number and title.

Fields:
Report No : must be unique where same
number can’t be added in the list.
Report Title : title of the report.

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3 Add or edit monitoring parameters/ specification

Click on Specification button
at the Main Page will open
Parameter Specification
form. This form consist of
Control Point information
and tabs for Specification,
Drawing and related Report.

3.1 Add or edit Control Point information

Fields:
Control Point : must be unique where same number can’t be added in the list. Can be
referred as QC Inspection No. in the Control Plan
Reference : related control point reference number in Control Plan e.g. QT-5201.
Parameter : characteristic to be monitored. Can be referred as Inspection & Test
Characteristics in Control Plan. Data can be entered or selected from
the drop down list.

3.2 Add or edit common parameter list

Click on the Common Parameter List button at Parameter Specification form.
This list is optional. Only useful when there are repeating
parameters in different processes. The objective is to use
drop down list instead of typing or copy and paste the
parameter.

3.3 Add or edit specification

Fields:
Unit : parameter measurement unit.
Select from drop down list
Specification : parameter specification
- : minus tolerance
+ : plus tolerance
One-sided spec : select :
No for specification with both
plus and minus tolerance,
Max for specification with minus
tolerance only, or
Min for specification with plus
tolerance only.

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3.4 Add or edit standard unit list

List of Units came from Unit List form which can be
viewed by clicking on the Unit List button at Parameter
Specification form.

Fields:
Unit : Unit shortform
Description : Unit description

3.5 Input drawing or images

This field is for drawing or images.

Step by step inserting drawing

1. Right click on the field
2. Choose Insert object
3. Select Bitmap Image
4. Click Edit from menu
5. Select Paste From
6. Browse for the drawing/
photo/ image
7. Select the drawing/ image and
click Open

3.6 Relating parameters with reports

Field:
Report No : select from drop
down list in which report this
parameter will be dispalyed
Report Seq : arrangement of the
parameter in the report
Item Title : additional
information for report e.g. Sample
Flow
Item Contents : additional
information for report e.g. 1.0 1/min

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4 Data and Monitoring

Click on Data and Monitoring button at the Main Page will open Data and Monitoring
page. This page displays latest data for each parameter and link to data recording form.
Buttons:
Set : click to rearrange the point orders
Point : click to add new point
Refresh : click to update the page after changes made
(Point info button) : double click to view information of the point
New Record : click to open data entry form for related point
List : click to view data for related point
Show All Insufficient Data : click to view list of imcomplete entry of data
4.1 Setting the point sequence
Click on Set button at Data and
Monitoring page to open the list. Change
the sequence number accordingly.

* Initially, this list is empty. The

point information have to be
entered first in “Add New Point”
form as following Point button
explaination.

4.2 New Point information

Click at Point button at Data and Monitoring page
to add new point.
Fields:
Point : select from drop down list
Description : type in the description
Sequence : type in the sequence number. This
number is refer to Set number for
display on Data and Monitoring page.
4.3 Updating displayed data
Click Refresh button at Data and Monitoring page to update all data displayed on this
page. Optionally, can use “F5” button on ASCII keyboard.

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4.4 Viewing information of each Point

Double click on each button to display the information of the selected Point.

4.5 Adding new record

Click on New Record button to open Data Required input fields:
Entry form. Data : record the mesurement here
Remarks : write some important note if
necessary

Auto input fields (changeable):

Inspector : select from drop-down list
for name of person carried
out the measurement
Crew : select from drop-down list
for name of person handle
the process
Time : inspection time
Date : inspection date

Other fields (not changeable):

Point : same as selected point at Data and Monitoring page
Parameter : point’s parameter retrieved from Specification database
Specification : point’s specification retrieved from Specification database
Min : minimum standard limit
Max : maximum standard limit
Judgment : OK or NG base on input data against min and max standard limit
SplRef : data sequence number in the main database

4.5.1 Show drawing from Data Entry

form

Click on Show Drawing button at Data

Entry form to open the related drawing or
images for viewing

4.5.2 Add or edit inspector list

Click on Inspector button at Data Entry form open list of

inspector for adding or editing

4.5.3 Add or edit crew list

Click on Crew button at Data Entry form open list of crew for
adding or editing

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4.6 Viewing list of records for each point

Click on List button from Data and Monitoring page to open Monitoring Records list.

4.7 Viewing records for editing

Click on View List button on Monitoring Records list to open the Edit Record form.
Details of this form is similar with New Record form (refer to 4.5).

4.8 Deleting record

Click on record selector and press Form is emptied after record deleted.
“Delete” key on the ASCII keyboard.

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4.9 Viewing list of insufficient data

Insufficient data can cause error in calculating the Statistical Process Control parameters.
These data must be completed or deleted if necessary.
To do this, click on Show All Insufficient Data button at Data and Monitoring page.

All insufficient data will be displayed in this list.

Click on View button to open the Edit Record form (refer 4.7 and 4.8).

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5 Statistical Process Control

Click on SPC button at the Main

Page. SPC Switchboard page
will be displayed.

This page consists of chart

option setting on the left and
SPC pre-determined value for
each parameter.

5.1 SPC chart option setting

Fields:
Start Date : enter required beginning date or choose from list
Start Time : enter required beginning time or choose from list
End Date : enter required ending date or choose from list
End Time : enter required ending time or choose from list
Item : enter parameter point or choose from list
Show Standard Limits : select () if want to display standard limits (USL and LSL) in
the chart
Use Pre-determined Limit : select () if want to use pre-determined control limits (UCL
and LCL) in the chart. The pre-determined control limit must
be determined first and record in the Pre-determined
section (refer to 5.4)
Include NG : select () if want to include out of specification data
Subgroup Size : select () 1 X-MR if the subgroup size is 1 or if subgroup greater than 1
select the appropriate subgroup size at lower side
Chart : for sub-group size more than 1, select either Xbar-R or Xbar-s from the
drop-down list

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5.2 Individual moving range chart

Individual moving range chart is for data with subgroup size equals to 1.

5.2.1 Refresh data

After setting the chart option (refer to 5.1), click Refresh button right at below the 1 X-
MR checkbox.

5.2.2 Display and select data for confirmation

Click Show Data button to display the list

Initially all data are selected. To deselect, click on

Select checkbox align with the data that need to
be excluded.

If data need to be edited, click Show button to

open Edit Record form (refer 4.7 and 4.8). Take
note that whenever data is changed, the record
must be refreshed as 5.2.1.

5.2.3 Display the control chart

Click on the chart button to display the control chart.

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5.3 Average and range or average and standard deviation control chart

5.3.1 Refresh data

After setting the chart option (refer to 5.1), click Refresh button right at below the 1 X-
MR checkbox.

5.3.2 Display and select data for confirmation

Click Show Data button to display
the list

Initially all data are selected. To

deselect, click on Select checkbox
align with the data that need to
be excluded. Note that if one
data is deselected, all data in the
same subgroup number must be
deselected.

If data need to be edited, click

Show button to open Edit Record
form (refer 4.7 and 4.8). Take
note that whenever data is
changed, the record must be
refreshed as 5.3.1.

5.3.3 Display the control chart

Click on the chart button to display the control chart.

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5.4 Pre-determined control limit (UCL and LCL)

After the process is stable, control limit must be determined. Base on stable control
chart, record the UCL and LCL for the parameter in the Pre-determined section of SPC
Switchboard.

Example.
Below chart shown the process is stable.

Copy the LCL and UCL for both charts (individual and moving range) into respective fields
in the Pre-determined fields below.

Once the control limit is defined, the subsequence data must be monitored using this
pre-determined control limit until there are sign of special cause(s).

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6 Preview IGP Quality Analysis Report

Click on IGP Quality Analysis button at the Main Page.

Enter date of the required report. Click OK. The report will be displayed as below.

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7 Overall Flow Chart

New Report New Parameter

Compulsory input

Optional input
Common
Relation/ linking Report List Parameter List
Output/ report
New Unit
Parameter
New Parameter Specification
form Unit List

New Point

Add New Point

form

Data and
Monitoring
New record Data Entry form
New Inspector

Inspector List

New Crew

Crew List

Chart options
SPC
Switchboard
Pre-determined

IGP Quality Process Control

Analysis Report Chart

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