PROCESS = manufacturing processes that we can collect data (usually from the outputs)
CONTROL = predictable behavior; with SPC results from a maintained process, the future outputs can be predicted within some boundaries
NOTE: SPC can also tell us if a process outputs are “capable” and that means can meet requirements
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