NWA

Quality Analytics Server: Plant-wide, real-time process analytics and alarming

• Real-time role-based Alarms, Exception Reports, and SPC charts
• Allows staff to make actionable decisions to improve quality
• Assignable cause / corrective action tracking that provides automated sign off that the action was taken
• Provides inter-departmental transparency into how the process is performing

NWA Quality Analytics Server delivers managerial oversight of the entire organization from plant-floor activities to total plant operations.

This short movie shows how Quality Analytics Server (QAS) can help organisations who are implementing Statistical Process Control systems.

NWA Quality Analytics Server (QAS) is a Client/Server application that consists of:

• Analytics Server application that manages database connections, SPC calculations and chart preparation, and distributes status and graphics results in XML format
• Supervisory Clients that subscribe to the Analytics Server's XML output and display real-time status indicators and SPC charts for selected process and quality parameters
• NWA Quality Analyst for creating Data Sets and managing connections to external data sources
• Utilities for configuring, managing, and troubleshooting the Analytics Server and Clients

“Our operators really like the Quality Analytics ‘dashboard.’ It automatically updates and tells them when to pay attention. QAS lets them focus on just the one point that demands attention, and then drill down to reports and charts as necessary.”
Chemical Firm Six Sigma Manager

NWA Quality Analytics Server Features

• Straightforward client/server design
• Transparent operation and simplified communications technology reduce the need for IT support
• Uses NWA Quality Analyst statistical analysis, event detection, and SPC chart generation
• Connects to all ODBC-compliant databases
• Scalable process/performance management to match system resources
• Supports Assignable Cause/Corrective Action and Alarm Acknowledgment
• Automatically adapts to product and process changes
• Aggregates information from multiple data sources in a single Supervisory display

Top: Alarms based on specification limits, control limits and rule violations
Middle: User-selectable exception lists
Bottom: Drill down to control charts