Operations Management
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Chapter 6.S, Problem 19P
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To construct: A p-chart that plots the percentage of patients.
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A process is said to be operating in “statistical control” when all the variations in the process that are due to assignable causes have been identified and removed. In other words, the only variations are due to natural causes. In such a state, the process is said to be in “statistical control”
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Chapter 6 Solutions
Operations Management
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