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 Learning Objectives

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 Basic SPC Tools

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 5.2 Chance and Assignable Causes of Variation
• A process is operating with only chance causes of variation present is said to
be in statistical control.
• A process that is operating in the presence of assignable causes is said to be
out of control.

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 5.3 Statistical Basis of the Control Chart

• A control chart contains

– A center line
– An upper control limit
– A lower control limit
• A point that plots within the
control limits indicates the
process is in control
– No action is necessary
• A point that plots outside the
control limits is evidence that the
process is out of control
– Investigation and corrective
action are required to find and
eliminate assignable cause(s)
• There is a close connection
between control charts and
hypothesis testing

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 Photolithography Example

• Important quality characteristic in hard bake is resist flow width

• Process is monitored by average flow width
– Sample of 5 wafers
– Process mean is 1.5 microns
– Process standard deviation is 0.15 microns
• Note that all plotted points fall inside the control limits
– Process is considered to be in statistical control

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 Determination of the Control Limits

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 Shewhart Control Chart Model

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 How the Shewhart Control Chart Works

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 Out-Of-Control-Action Plans

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 More Basic Principles
• Control charts may be used to estimate process
parameters, which are used to determine capability
• Two general types of control charts
– Variables (Chapter 6)
• Continuous scale of measurement
• Quality characteristic described by central tendency and a measure
of variability
– Attributes (Chapter 7)
• Conforming/nonconforming
• Counts
• Control chart design encompasses selection of
sample size, control limits, and sampling frequency

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 Types of Process Variability
• Stationary and uncorrelated − data vary around a fixed mean in a stable
or predictable manner
• Stationary and autocorrelated − successive observations are dependent
with tendency to move in long runs on either side of mean
• Nonstationary − process drifts without any sense of a stable or fixed mean

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 Reasons for Popularity
of Control Charts
1. Control charts are a proven technique for improving
productivity.
2. Control charts are effective in defect prevention.
3. Control charts prevent unnecessary process
adjustment.
4. Control charts provide diagnostic information.
5. Control charts provide information about process
capability.

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• 3-Sigma Control Limits
– Probability of type I error is 0.0027
• Probability Limits
– Type I error probability is chosen directly
– For example, 0.001 gives 3.09-sigma control limits
• Warning Limits
– Typically selected as 2-sigma limits

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Average Run Length (ARL)
Time to Detection or Average Run Length (ARL)
-- Waiting time to signal "out of control"

Two important questions when dealing with control charts are:

a) How often will there be false alarms where we look for an assignable
cause but nothing has changed?
b) How quickly will we detect certain kinds of systematic changes, such
as mean shifts?

The ARL tells us, for a given situation, how long on the average we will plot
successive control charts points before we detect a point beyond the control
limits.
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5.3.3 Sample Size and Sampling Frequency

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Average Run Length (ARL)

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Average Run Length (ARL)

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 Trend Analysis using Word cloud analysis
The trends of every research is changed over the time. Word cloud analysis can be used
to analyze the evolution of the focus of interest by time. Using authors’ keywords
information, the word cloud of it time span is shown in the below Figure, grouped by
the time span.

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Average Time to Signal (ATS)

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Average Time to Signal (ATS)

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Average Time to Signal (ATS)

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 5.3.4 Rational Subgroups
• The rational subgroup concept means that subgroups or samples
should be selected so that if assignable causes are present, chance for
differences between subgroups will be maximized, while chance for
difference due to assignable causes within a subgroup will be
minimized.

• Two general approaches for constructing rational subgroups:

1. Sample consists of units produced at the same time − consecutive units
– Primary purpose is to detect process shifts
2. Sample consists of units that are representative of all units produced
since last sample − random sample of all process output over
sampling interval
– Often used to make decisions about acceptance of product
– Effective at detecting shifts to out-of-control state and back into in-control
state between samples
– Care must be taken because we can often make any process appear to be
in statistical control just by stretching out the interval between
observations in the sample.

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 Rational Subgroups

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 5.3.5 Patterns on Control Charts

• Pattern is very nonrandom in appearance

• 19 of 25 points plot below the center line, while only 6 plot
above
• Following 4th point, 5 points in a row increase in
magnitude, a run up
• There is also an unusually long run down beginning with
18th point
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 The Cyclic Pattern

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 5.3.6 Discussion of the Sensitizing Rules

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 See Champ and Woodall (1987)

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 4.3.7 Phase I and Phase II of Control Chart Application

• Phase I is a retrospective analysis of process

data to construct trial control limits
– Charts are effective at detecting large, sustained
shifts in process parameters, outliers, measurement
errors, data entry errors, etc.
– Facilitates identification and removal of assignable
causes
• In phase II, the control chart is used to monitor
the process
– Process is assumed to be reasonably stable
– Emphasis is on process monitoring, not on bringing
an unruly process into control

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5.4 THE REST OF THE “MAGNIFICENT SEVEN”

1. Histogram or stem-and-leaf plot

2. Check sheet
3. Pareto chart
4. Cause-and-effect diagram
5. Defect concentration diagram
6. Scatter diagram
7. Control chart

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Check Sheet

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Pareto Chart

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Cause-and-Effect Diagram

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Defect Concentration Diagram

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Scatter Diagram

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 5.5 Implementing SPC in a Quality Improvement Program

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 5.6 An Application of SPC
• Improving quality in a copper plating operation at a
printed circuit board fabrication plant
• The DMAIC process was used
• During the define step, the team decided to focus on
reducing flow time through the process
• During the measures step, controller downtown was
recognized as a major factor in excessive flow time

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 Value Stream Mapping

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