Questions from Total Quality Management

Q: What are the advantages and disadvantages of the standardized p-chart

What are the advantages and disadvantages of the standardized p-chart as compared to the regular proportion-nonconforming chart?

Q: Discuss the assumptions that must be satisfied to justify using a p

Discuss the assumptions that must be satisfied to justify using a p-chart. How are they different from the assumptions required for a c-chart?

Q: Is it possible for a process to be in control and still

Is it possible for a process to be in control and still not meet some desirable standards for the proportion nonconforming? How would one detect such a condition, and what remedial actions would one t...

Q: Classify each of the following into the cost categories of prevention,

Classify each of the following into the cost categories of prevention, appraisal, internal failure, and external failure: (a) Vendor selection (b) Administrative salaries (c) Downgraded product (d) Se...

Q: Discuss the role of the customer in influencing the proportion-nonconforming

Discuss the role of the customer in influencing the proportion-nonconforming chart. How would the customer be integrated into a total quality systems approach?

Q: Explain the difference between specification limits and control limits. Is there

Explain the difference between specification limits and control limits. Is there a desired relationship between the two?

Q: Discuss the importance of identifying an appropriate distribution of the quality characteristic

Discuss the importance of identifying an appropriate distribution of the quality characteristic in process capability analysis. Address this in the context of waiting time for service in a fast-food r...

Q: Discuss how the precision of a measurement system affects the process potential

Discuss how the precision of a measurement system affects the process potential in the context of measuring unloading times of super tankers. What bounds exist on the observed process potential?

Q: Distinguish between gage repeatability and gage reproducibility in the context of measuring

Distinguish between gage repeatability and gage reproducibility in the context of measuring unloading times of super tankers.

Q: Explain the difference between natural tolerance limits and specification limits. How

Explain the difference between natural tolerance limits and specification limits. How does a process capability index incorporate both of them? What assumptions are made in constructing the natural to...