Understanding Measurement Plans
Measurement plans identify and group the characteristics that you use as quality indicators for an operation, product, or process. The characteristics may be quantitative (directly measurable), such as dimensions or finish; or they may be qualitative, such as product desirability. For each characteristic, you can also define the procedures and methods that you use to monitor process stability.
This section lists common elements and discusses characteristics.
Field or Control |
Description |
|---|---|
Measurement Plan |
Displays an identifier for a set of characteristics and instructions. |
Characteristic |
Displays a specific characteristic name or identifier. |
A Quality business unit and quality function must exist before you can define characteristics. When creating characteristics in a measurement plan, determine:
Properties of the characteristics that you measure.
Specification and acceptance limits.
Sampling requirements.
Testing and charting methods that you use to determine process stability.
Operator instructions for data collection and alarm review.