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Chapter 13, Problem 1DQ
Summary Introduction
To determine: The meaning of the given sentence in terms of product quality.
Process capability index: It is the ability or capability of the process to produce the output, which meets the specification and expectation.
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Discuss the meaning of the given statement:
It is given that “the capability index allows for some drifting of the process mean”. The amount of drift allowed in the process can be measured in standard deviation and it would be Cpk – 1. According to the statement, the process mean would drift while producing within specifications if the process capability index is larger than 1.
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