Need to Create a Control Plan but Don't Know How?
QI Macros has a Ready-Made Control Plan Template for you!
Create a Control Plan using
QI Macros:
- Open the Control Plan Template
- Enter your plan in the template.
Why control plans matter?
A control plan organizes the approach to manufacturing quality products by implementing controls that minimize process and product variation. Without a control plan, your product may not meet customer requirements.
Here is an example QI Macros control plan template.
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Go Deeper: How to use QI Macros control plan template - step by step instructions
- QI Macros adds a new menu to Excel's tool-bar. Click on the QI Macros menu then the DOE, Gage RR, FMEA sub-menu and then Control Plan.
- The template contains three worksheets: control plan, control plan special characteristics and control plan checklist.
- Input production control plan, and other high level information in the top sections of the template.
- For all the steps in the manufacturing process that are relevant to the control of the product quality, identify:
- Processing equipment as precisely as possible (e.g., machine, device, jig, machine make, machine model number, asset #, etc.)
- Characteristic reference number, starting with 1. If process flow diagrams or FMEA’s are available, cross reference number in this column
- Special Product Characteristics
- Process Characteristics that have a cause and effect relationship with the Product Characteristic
- Specifications/tolerances
- Measurement system: gages, fixtures, tools, and/or test equipment required to measure the part or process
- Sample size and frequency
- Control method: statistical process control, inspection, sampling
- Reaction plan to avoid producing nonconforming product
For more detailed instructions, see the Advanced Product Quality Planning and Control Plan manual published by the AIAG.
NOTE: All Control Plan 1st Edition templates introduced in the April 2024 version of QI Macros.
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The Control Plan is one of many tools included in QI Macros add-in for Excel.
QI Macros adds a new tab to Excel's menu, making it easy to find any tool you need. If you can't locate a tool, use the find tools feature on the far right side of QI Macros menu.
QI Macros SPC add-in for Excel also includes:
- APQP Checklists
- Control Plan
- PPAP Forms
- MSA Gage R&R Templates
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