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Process Capability What It Is: A Simple View of Process Control and Process Capability
Process Capability What It Is: A Simple View of Process Control and Process Capability
What it is
• Process Capability looks at short term capability and long term
performance of a process with regard to customer specifications.
• Standard indexes are used: Cp, Cpk, Pp and Ppk. These can be
converted into ppm.
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Process Capability
What it is
Process Control
Note - no reference to
specs !
In Control
(Special Causes Eliminated)
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Out of Control
(Special Causes Present)
Process Capability
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Process Capability
What it is
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CAPABILITY PERFORMANCE
Short Term Long Term
In Control Not in Control
Pooled std dev Total / overall std dev
compares
How spec range
a much (tolerance) Cp Pp
variability to process
width
how close
process
How
b
centred
centre is to Cpk Ppk
nearest
spec limit
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Process Capability
What it is
The 4 capability Capability Indexes: explaining the terms . . .
1 2
CAPABILITY PERFORMANCE
Short Term
In Control
Long Term
Not in Control
Not (necessarily) in Control: common
How
compares
spec range
Pooled std dev Total / overall std dev
causes and special causes acting
a much (tolerance)
variability to process
Cp Pp (possible drifts or shifts in the process)
width
how close
process
How
b centre is to Cpk Ppk
long term
centred nearest
spec limit
600
550
500
450
400
350
300
Time
short term
In Control: only common causes acting (no
sudden drifts or shifts in the process)
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Process Capability
What it is
The 4 capability Capability Indexes: explaining the terms . . .
1 2
CAPABILITY PERFORMANCE
Short Term Long Term
In Control Not in Control
Pooled std dev Total / overall std dev
compares
How spec range
a much (tolerance) Cp Pp
variability to process
width
how close
process
How
b
centred
centre is to Cpk Ppk
nearest
spec limit
600
550
500
450
400
350
300
Time
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Process Capability
What it is
The 4 capability Capability Indexes: explaining the terms . . .
1 2
CAPABILITY PERFORMANCE
Short Term Long Term
In Control Not in Control
Pooled std dev Total / overall std dev
compares
How spec range
a much (tolerance) Cp Pp
variability to process
width
how close
process
How
b
centred
centre is to Cpk Ppk
nearest
spec limit
LSL USL
Cp = USL-LSL Pp = USL-LSL
6sP 6sT
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Process Capability
What it is
The 4 capability Capability Indexes: explaining the terms . . .
1 2
CAPABILITY PERFORMANCE
Short Term Long Term
In Control Not in Control
Pooled std dev Total / overall std dev
compares
How spec range
a much (tolerance)
variability to process
Cp Pp X
width
how close
process
How
b
centred
centre is to Cpk Ppk
nearest
spec limit
LSL USL
Cpk, Ppk measure how close the process centre is to the nearest customer
spec.
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Process Capability
How to use it
• Use Minitab output whenever possible, since it combines the indexes
with a graphical representation of the process: actual sample, estimated
short term capability and estimated long term performance
Red (Bad) < 1.00 < 1.00 < 1.33 < 1.33 < 4.5
Yellow (OK) 1.00 - 1.33 1.00 - 1.33 1.33 - 1.67 1.33 - 1.67 4.5 - 5.5
Green (Good) > 1.33 > 1.33 > 1.67 > 1.67 > 5.5
Caution:
Cpk is an index much misused: It is only applicable to normally
distributed variable data that is measured in the short term.
Conversions from Cpk to ppm and sigma assume that all defectives are
occurring at one tail of the distribution with an average sigma shift of
1.5 sigma. (industry standard).
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Process Capability
Example
Using Minitab:
LSL USL
Process Data
USL 520.000 ST
Target * LT
LSL 420.000
Mean 435.833
Sample N 30
StDev (ST) 10.7176
StDev (LT) 59.6888
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Process Capability
Example
Process Data
USL 6.00000
Target * Process Capability Analysis for Weibull
LSL 2.00000 Calculations Based on Weibull Distribution Model
Mean 5.65406
Sample N 50 LSL USL
Shape 1.58256
Scale 6.29977
Observed LT Performance
PPM < LSL 120000.00
PPM > USL 400000.00
PPM Total 520000.00
Expected LT Performance 0 5 10 15 20 25
PPM < LSL 150164.01
PPM > USL 396235.71
PPM Total 546399.72
Note: For Weibull Capability Analysis, data must have positive values, and
LONG TERM metrics only are given.
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Process Capability
How it helps
• A Process Capability study is the end result of the analysis done on
process output data.
• It indicates what our short term and long term situation looks like.
References
• ASG aTQ training modules:
• 3.3, 3.4, 3.5 : (MSA) Measurement System Analysis
• 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.5 : Process Capability
• 8.4, 8.5, 8.6, 8.7 : SPC (and non-SPC control)
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