The Shewhart control chart is a widely used statistical control
tool that helps detect a possible process shift (out-of-control
process). Though the Shewhart chart is in theory a monitoring tool that
reveals only the result of a hypothesis testing. In practice chart's
signalling is often used as the evidence for making process adjustment.
In this paper we develop a process mean estimator for
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monitored by Shewhart charts. This mean the estimate can serve as an
important reference for investigating assignable causes and taking
appropriate corrective actions. A semiconductor fabrication process is
used as an example to illustrate the methodology