Production, Operations, and Inventory Management

10. Statistical Quality Control

Solution:
Samp Observations
le
R
Numb
er 1 2 3
11.66666
1 10 12 13 667 3
8.333333
2 7 10 8 333 3
10.66666
3 11 12 9 667 3
9.333333
4 10 9 9 333 1
5 8 11 11 10 3
6 11 8 8 9 3
11.66666
7 10 12 13 667 3
11.33333
8 10 12 12 333 2
9 12 13 11 12 2
10 10 13 7 10 6
= R =
Total 103.99 29
=m
j

j=1 /m
= 103.99 10 /
= 10.399
=m
Rj

j=1 /m
= 29 10/
 = 2.9
Control limits for
Upper control limit for = UCL = + A2R
= 10.399 + 1.02 2.9
= 33.12
Lower control limit for = LCL = - A2R
= 10.399 1.02 2.9
= 27.1991
Control limits for R
Upper control limit for R = UCLR = D4
= 2.57 2.9
= 7.453
Lower control limit for R = LCLR = D3
= 0 2.9
=0