Case Study
Rockwood Monitors Pigment Performance Around the World
Rockwood Monitors Pigment Performance Around the World Rockwood Monitors Pigment Performance Around the World Rockwood Pigments is a primary manufacturer and processor of liquid, powder, and granulated forms of iron-oxide color pigments, natural and synthetic inorganic pigments, and automated pigment-handling systems used by manufacturers of coatings, colorants, concrete products, plastics, rubber, paper, vinyl, cosmetics, pet food, ink, toner, and other industrial uses. The Need The previous plant-quality practices used Excel spreadsheets for record-keeping and Minitab for ad hoc SPC control charts. This approach seriously limited the capability to manage and improve the process. The number of product codes and process steps made recordkeeping for monitoring and analyzing process and qual