Overview

SAS/QC software, a component of the SAS System, provides a comprehensive set of tools for statistical quality improvement. You can use these tools to

  • organize quality improvement efforts

  • design industrial experiments for product and process improvement

  • apply Taguchi methods for quality engineering

  • establish statistical control of a process

  • maintain statistical control and reduce variation

  • analyze process capability

  • develop and evaluate acceptance sampling plans

Figure 2.1: Components of SAS/QC Software

Components of SAS/QC Software


There are two types of tools in SAS/QC software: interfaces and procedures.

  • The interfaces are complete, full-screen-oriented environments for statistical quality-improvement applications. Unlike with the procedures, using the interfaces requires no knowledge of SAS programming. These include the SQC menu system and the ADX interfaces for statistical quality-control applications.

  • The procedures in SAS/QC software offer greater flexibility and power than the interface. To use a procedure, you must have a basic knowledge of the SAS language and the syntax of the procedure.