Instituto Especializado de Estudios Superiores Loyola: Statistical Process Control"
Instituto Especializado de Estudios Superiores Loyola: Statistical Process Control"
Natural Variations
Also called common causes
Affect virtually all production
processes
Expected amount of variation
Output measures follow a
probability distribution
For any distribution there is a
measure of central tendency and
dispersion
If the distribution of outputs falls
within acceptable limits, the
process is said to be in control
Assignable Variations
Also called special causes of
variation
Generally this is some change in the process
Types of Data
Variables
Characteristics
that can take
any real value
May be in whole
or in fractional
numbers
Continuous
random
variables
Attributes
Defect-related
characteristics
Classify
products as
either good or
bad or count
defects
Categorical or
discrete random
variables
Control Charts
Constructed from historical
data, the purpose of control
charts is to help distinguish
between natural variations and
variations due to assignable
causes
Process Capability
The natural variation of a process
should be small enough to
produce products that meet the
standards required
A process in statistical control
does not necessarily meet the
design specifications
Process capability is a measure of
the relationship between the
natural variation of the process
and the design specifications
Upper
Specification - x
,
Limit
Lower
x - Specification
Limit