A popular SPC tool is the control chart, originally developed by Walter Shewhart in the early 1920s.

Who discovered SQC?

The first to apply the newly discovered statistical methods to the problem of quality control was Walter A. Shewhart of the Bell Telephone Laboratories. He issued a memorandum on May 16, 1924 that featured a sketch of a modern control chart.

Who is the father of statistical quality control?

This special issue is devoted to celebrate the Quasquicentennial (125th) Birth Anniversary of the Father of Statistical Quality Control – Dr Walter Andrew Shewhart. Dr Walter Andrew Shewhart (Born: 18 March 1891 – Died: 11 March 1967) was a versatile genius as he was a physicist, an engineer and a statistician.