![rw-book-cover](https://www.qualitydigest.com/sites/default/files/editorial_images/SPC2-640.jpg) ## Metadata - Author: [[quality-digest|Quality Digest]] - Full Title:: Control Charts in Manufacturing: Are They Still Relevant? - Category:: #🗞️Articles - URL:: https://www.qualitydigest.com/inside/lean-article/control-charts-manufacturing-are-they-still-relevant-110823.html - Finished date:: [[2024-04-14]] ## Highlights > Walter Shewhart created the control chart in 1924 as an aid to Western Electric’s manufacturing operations ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01hvdmd857zs8yxps79cws4410)) > ![](https://www.qualitydigest.com/IQedit/Images/Articles_and_Columns/2023/09_Sep-23/SPC2/fig-intro.jpg) ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01hvdmdpg1b4f9ftn8cyt660gf)) > ![](https://www.qualitydigest.com/IQedit/Images/Articles_and_Columns/2023/09_Sep-23/SPC2/fig-intro.jpg) ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01hvdmdpgxzfkaak9m7j41wfjn))