BS ISO 7870-6:2016 covers EWMA control charts as a statistical process control technique to
detect small shifts in the process mean. It makes possible the faster detection of small to moderate shifts
in the process average. In this chart, the process average is evaluated in terms of exponentially weighted
moving average of all prior sample means. EWMA weights samples in geometrically decreasing order
so that the most recent samples are weighted most highly while the most distant samples contribute
very little depending upon the smoothing parameter (λ).NOTE 1 The basic objective is the same as that of the Shewhart control chart described in ISO 7870-2.The Shewhart control chart's application is worthwhile in the rare situations whenproduction rate is slow,sampling and inspection procedure is complex and time consuming,testing is expensive, andit involves safety risks.NOTE 2 Variables control charts can be constructed for individual observations taken from the production line,
rather than samples of observations. This is sometimes necessary when testing samples of multiple observations
would be too expensive, inconvenient, or impossible. For example, the number of customer complaints or product
returns may only be available on a monthly basis; yet, one would like to chart those numbers to detect quality
problems. Another common application of these charts occurs in cases when automated testing devices inspect every single unit that is produced. In that case, one is often primarily interested in detecting small shifts in the product quality (for example, gradual deterioration of quality due to machine wear).Cross References:ISO 7870-1ISO 7870-2ISO 7870-4ISO 3534-1ISO 3534-2ISO 7870-3ISO 7870-5ISO 7873:1993NF X06-031-1NF X06-031-2NF X06-031-3NF X06-031-4All current amendments available at time of purchase are included with the purchase of this document.