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Before-After-Control-Impact (BACI) Charts

How to Show Impact Across Multiple Processes or Machines

In manufacturing, you might want to show the impact of improvements as they are migrated from one machine to another. In healthcare, you might want to show the impact of improvements as they are replicated across nursing units or hospitals. That's the essence of a BACI Control Chart.

It's Easy to Create a BACI Control Chart Using QI Macros

All you have to do is stack the before and after data for two or three machines and put blank rows between machines and changes. Your data might look like this:

baci control chart data

Then Select the Data and Run a Control Chart Using QI Macros

The blank rows between machines or improvements tell QI Macros to start a new set of control limit calculations. The resulting control charts show the before-after control impact.

Blank rows to create process changes - chart output

This chart shows that Machine 1's range chart was out of control until the improvement was implemented. Then Machine 2 improved as well showing lesser variation (the distance between the UCL and LCL). And Machine 3 improved as well showing slightly higher variation.