ASTM International Standard Practice for Use of Control Charts in Statistical Process Control ASTM E2587-16

This practice provides guidance for the use of control charts in statistical process control programs, which improve process quality through reducing variation by identifying and eliminating the effect of special causes of variation. This practice describes the use of control charts as a tool for use in statistical process control (SPC). Control charts were developed by Shewhart (2) 3 in the 1920s and are still in wide use today. SPC is a branch of statistical quality control (3, 4), which also encompasses process capability analysis and acceptance sampling inspection. Process capability analysis, as described in Practice E2281, requires the use of SPC in some of its procedures. Acceptance sampling inspection, described in Practices E1994, E2234, and E2762, requires the use of SPC so as to minimize rejection of product.