Tag: Continuous Improvement

Engineering better decisions

Statistical Process Control (SPC)

CONCEPT INTRODUCTION With Statistical Process Control, the name of the game is stabilizing a process by correcting special causes and improving it by targetting common causes with process or method changes. The goal is generally to avoid non-conformances and hence scrap and rework, meet specifications, and ensure the customer receives what they want. This is…
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Centra Industries Inc.

Junior Manufacturing Engineer Co-op, Centra Industries Inc., Cambridge, ON May. – Aug. 2013 PRODUCT SUMMARY Centra Industries Inc. (now part of PCC Aerostructures) designs, machines, and assembles a wide variety of aerospace sub-structures (as seen below) and components for companies such as Boeing and Lockheed Martin. Centra Sub-Structure JOB SUMMARY • Designed major storage system…
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