November 1992 (Revised January 2002)
Case
HBS Case Collection

Process Control at Polaroid (A)

By: H. Kent Bowen and Steven C. Wheelwright

Format:Print
| Language:English
| Pages:17

Abstract

Describes the initial efforts at a film production plant to shift from a traditional QC inspection mentality to a worker-based process control mentality. Students can prepare SPC charts, propose actions needed, and combine steps into an overall action plan.

Keywords

Management Systems; Operations; Quality; Factories, Labs, and Plants; Business Processes; Change Management; Consumer Products Industry; Manufacturing Industry

Citation

Bowen, H. Kent, and Steven C. Wheelwright. "Process Control at Polaroid (A)." Harvard Business School Case 693-047, November 1992. (Revised January 2002.)