Operations Management: Processes and Supply Chains, Student Value Edition Plus MyLab Operations Management with Pearson eText -- Access Card Package (12th Edition)
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ISBN: 9780134855424
Author: Lee J. Krajewski, Manoj K. Malhotra, Larry P. Ritzman
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 3, Problem 18P
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Interpretation: The quality of service and nonrandom behavior in the process is to be determined.
Concept Introduction: The monitoring of the nonconforming units in sample in statistical quality control is done by the representation of the p-chart.
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