1 Introduction To Statistical Quality Control, 7th Edition by Douglas C. Montgomery
1 Introduction To Statistical Quality Control, 7th Edition by Douglas C. Montgomery
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Control Charts for Detecting Small Shift
in the Mean
• The control charts featured in these chapters are predominantly Shewhart
control charts. These charts are extremely useful in phase I
implementation of SPC, where the process is likely to be out of control and
experiencing assignable causes that result in large shifts in the monitored
parameters.
• Shewhart charts are also very useful in the diagnostic aspects of bringing an
unreliable process into statistical control, because the patterns on these
charts often provide guidance regarding the nature of the assignable cause.
• A major disadvantage of a Shewhart control chart is that it is relatively
insensitive to small process shifts, say, on the order of about 1.5s or less.
This potentially makes Shewhart control charts less useful in phase II
monitoring problems, where the process tends to operate in control, reliable
estimates of the process parameters (such as the mean and standard
deviation) are available, and assignable causes do not typically result in
large process upsets or disturbances.
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Control Charts for Detecting Small Shift
in the Mean
H = hσ h is normally 4 or 5
K = kσ k is normally 1/2
CUSUM Chart of bb
5.0 UCL=5
2.5
Cumulative Sum
0.0 0
-2.5
-5.0 LCL=-5
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Sample
An estimated historical parameter is used in the calculations.
Steady-state
control limits