Practice Assignment – Control Charts

1. A manufacturer of hair oil has an automated process consisting for filling

the 200 ml bottles and a sealing unit. After filling the bottles, it is
automatically sealed with a metallic cap. To monitor the quality of the
process, samples of size 5 are drawn periodically from the process and the
quantity filled is measured. The table below has data on 12 such
observations:-

Sample 1 2 3 4 5
1 9.21 8.87 8.71 9.08 9.34
2 9.06 8.97 9.13 8.46 8.85
3 9.35 8.95 9.20 9.03 8.44
4 9.21 8.71 9.05 9.35 8.87
5 9.01 9.17 9.21 9.05 9.53
6 8.74 8.35 8.50 9.06 8.89
7 9.21 9.05 9.00 8.78 9.23
8 9.15 9.20 9.23 9.15 9.06
9 8.98 8.81 8.90 9.13 9.05
10 9.03 9.10 9.26 9.44 8.48
11 9.49 9.05 9.12 8.88 8.93
12 8.95 9.10 9.02 9.04 8.96

Construct a variable control chart (That means X –Bar & R chart), and
investigate if the process is under control

2. A firm is manufacturing pens. In order to maintain the quality, the

operator measures the diameter of the tip of the pen of a sample of three
pens drawn randomly from the manufactured lot after every one hour.
The collected data is given in the following table:-
 Time Sample No. Unit 1 Unit 2 Unit 3
8 am 1 6.9935 7.0012 6.9992
9 am 2 7.0271 6.9932 6.9815
10 am 3 6.9838 7.0024 7.0124
11 am 4 7.0236 6.9789 6.9994
12 am 5 6.9912 7.0072 7.0344
1 pm 6 6.9461 6.9483 6.9494
2 pm 7 7.0186 6.9947 7.0025
3 pm 8 6.9972 7.0176 6.9925
4 pm 9 6.9562 7.0533 6.9949
5 pm 10 6.9993 7.0005 7.0034

Construct mean & range chart, and investigate if the process is under
control.

3. The following data were obtained over a period of 5 days of a product

that was made on a single machine by a single operator. Comment on the
process using X – Bar & R charts.

Sample 1 2 3 4 5
Number
1 10 12 13 8 9
2 7 10 8 11 9
3 11 12 9 12 10
4 10 9 8 13 11
5 8 11 11 7 7
6 11 8 8 11 10
7 10 12 13 13 9
8 10 12 12 10 12
9 12 13 11 12 10
10 10 13 7 9 12

4. The following data was obtained over a period of 5 days to indicate mean
& range chart for a quality characteristic of a certain manufacturing product
 that has required a substantial amount of rework. All the figures apply to the
product made on a single machine by a single operator. Comment on the
process using mean & range chart.

Sample 1 2 3 4 5
Number
1 11 12 13 10 9
2 6 10 10 11 9
3 11 12 9 12 10
4 14 10 8 13 11
5 12 11 11 10 7
6 11 10 10 12 11
7 10 12 13 13 12
8 10 11 11 10 12
9 12 13 11 12 10
10 11 13 9 9 12

5. The following data was obtained over a period of 5 days to indicate

mean & range chart for a quality characteristic of a certain manufacturing
product that has required a substantial amount of rework. All the figures
apply to the product made on a single machine by a single operator.
Comment on the process using mean & range chart.

Sample 1 2 3
Number
1 10 12 13
2 7 `10 8
3 11 12 9
4 10 9 8
5 8 11 11
6 11 8 8
7 10 12 13
8 10 12 12
9 12 13 11
10 10 13 7
6. Alpha electronic company manufactures cathode ray tube on mass
production basis. At some intermediate point of production line, 15 samples
of size 50 each were taken. The tubes were inspected and were classified
into good or bad. The related data is given in the following table. Construct
“p” chart and comment on the process.

Sample Number Number of Defective Tubes

1 10
2 10
3 9
4 10
5 4
6 6
7 2
8 3
9 9
10 4
11 8
12 11
13 8
14 10
15 9

7. Omega electronic company manufactures resistors on mass production

basis. The resistors were tested for its operational function. 10 samples of
size 100 each have been taken. The resistors were classified as “functional”,
or “defective”. Construct “p” chart and comment on the process.
 Sample Number Number of Defective Resistors
1 12
2 15
3 20
4 14
5 9
6 20
7 15
8 10
9 9
10 8

8. Laxman Salvenia is manufacturing CFL bulbs. In order to monitor the

quality, 100 bulbs are randomly selected from the consignment, and tested.
The following table gives the result of such 15 samples. Construct “p” chart
and comment on the process.

Sample Number Number of Defective Bulbs

1 6
2 3
3 0
4 5
5 2
6 8
7 18
8 7
9 3
10 9
11 8
12 1
13 4
14 6
15 5
9. DTC had outsourced CWG buses fabrication work to Premier Auto Ltd.
The DTC inspector had inspected 10 buses. The following table gives the
number of missing rivets on these fabricated buses. Construct “c” chart and
comment on the control limits.

Bus Number Number of Missing Rivets

1 14
2 13
3 26
4 20
5 9
6 25
7 15
8 11
9 14
10 13

10. The following table gives the number of defects found in 10 TV sets.
Construct “c” chart.

TV Number Number of Defects

1 15
2 11
3 25
4 10
5 12
6 20
7 15
8 10
9 17
10 13