PROCESS DRIFT

AN EXAMPLE OF
SUBSTANCE OF PAPER AS
CTP
Process CTP Measured by Operator A
Over a Period of Time – Day 1
Operator A Day 1

0 2 4 6 8 10
The Same CTP Measured By Operator B
Over Same Time – Day 1
Operator B Day 1

0 5 10 15
The Same CTP Measured By Operator C
Over Same Period Of Time the Same Day
Operator C Day 1

0 2 4 6 8 10
Same CTP Measured By Operator A on
the 2nd Day Over The Same Period Of
Time
Operator A Day 2

0 2 4 6 8 10
The Same CTP Measured on 2nd Day By
Operator B Over Same Time
Operator B Day 2

0 2 4 6 8 10
The Same CTP Measured Over The
Same Period Of Time on 2nd Day
Operator C Day 2

0 2 4 6 8 10 12
 The Same CTP Measured By
Operator A on the 3rd Day
Operator A Day 3

0 2 4 6 8
CTP Measured By Operator B the
3rd Day
Operator B Day 3

0 2 4 6 8
CTP Measured By Operator C on
the 3rd Day Over Same Time
Operator C Day 3

0 1 2 3 4 5 6
OVERALL PROCESS
OPERATOR A CTP PROCESS DRIFT HISTOGRAM

16

14

12

10
FREQUENCY

0
1 4 7 10 13 16 19 22 25 28 31 34 37 40 43 46 49 52
TIME(HOURLY SAMPLING)
 OVERALL PROCESS
CTP PROCESS DRIFT HISTOGRAM

52

49
T IM E (H O U R L Y S A M P L IN G )

46

43

40

37

34

31

28

25

22

19

16

13

10

0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16
FREQUENCY
 CONCLUSIONS
• One can look at the Process Variation
– over a same period of time on the same day by different
operators.
– by the same operator at different periods of time on different
days.
• This is called Process Drift, which can provide an
approximate estimate of how well the process is
centered towards its target.
• One can stabilize the process by taking corrective
actions for special cause variations visiting the
process by process standardization & standard
operating procedures.