質(zhì)量管理 第4版 教案 12-QM Homework Assignments for students

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QualityManagement

ByDr.MaFengcai

Take-HomeProblemSolvingandEssayQuestions

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Problem#1-ToolsofTQM

<Problem1-A>

DevelopaParetoanalysisofthefollowingcausesofpoorgradesonanexam:

Reasonforpoorgrade

Frequency

Insufficienttimetocomplete

Latearrivaltoexam

Difficultyunderstandingmaterial

Insufficientpreparationtime

Studiedwrongmaterial

Distractionsinexamroom

Calculatorbatteriesdiedduringexam

Feltillduringexam

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<Problem1-B>

MaryBethMarrs,themanagerofanapartmentcomplex,feelsoverwhelmedbythenumberofcomplaintssheisreceiving.Belowisthechecksheetshehaskeptforthelast12weeks.DevelopaParetochartusingthisinformation.Whatrecommendationswouldmake?

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TenantIssues

Electrical/Plumbing

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Problem#2-Reliability(SeriesReliabilityandRedundancy)

<Problem2-A>

TheNationalBankofGreeley,Colorado,processesloanapplicationsthroughthreeclerkssetupinseries:

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<Questions>

Woulditbebettertoincreasetheworstclerk’sreliabilityfrom.8to.81orthebestclerk’sreliabilityfrom.99to1?

Isitpossibletoachieve90%reliabilitybyfocusingononlyoneofthethreeclerks?

<Problem2-B>

TheNationalBankisdisturbedthatitsloanapplicationsoftheloanprocesspresentedinProblem2-A.

<Questions>

Ifoneadditionalclerkwereavailablewhichwouldbethebestplacetoaddthisclerk?

Whatistheminimumnumberoftotalclerksthatneedtobeaddedinordertoachieveasystemreliabilityof99%?

Problem#3-StatisticalProcessControl(SPC)

<Problem3-A>

Computerupgradeshaveanominaltimeof80minutes.Samplesoffiveobservationseachhavebeentaken,andtheresultsareaslisted.Determineupperandlowercontrollimitsformeanandrangecharts,anddecideiftheprocessisincontrol.

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<Problem3-B>

Data-entryclerksatARCOkeyinthousandsofinsurancerecordseachday.Samplesoftheworkof20clerksareshowninthetable.Onehundredrecordsenteredbyeachclerkwerecarefullyexaminedandthenumberoferrorscounted.Thefractiondefectiveineachsamplewasthencomputed.

Setthecontrollimitstoinclude99.73%oftherandomvariationintheentryprocesswhenitisincontrol.

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Hastheprocessbeenincontrol?

Supposeweusea95percentp-chart.Whataretheupperandlowercontrollimits?Hastheprocessgottenmoreoutofcontrol?

Supposethatthesamplesizeusedwasactually120insteadofthe100thatitwassupposedtobe.Howdoesthisaffectthechart?

Whathappenstothechartaswereducethez-value?

Whathappenstothechartaswereducethepercentage?

<Problem3-C>

InaGEinsuranceclaimsprocess,minutes,andminutes.

Thedesignspecificationtomeetcustomerexpectationsis210±3minutes.SotheUpperSpecificationis213minutesandthelowerspecificationis207minutes.

Sincearatioof1.00meansthat99.73%ofaprocess’soutputsarewithinspecifications,thisratiosuggestsaverycapableprocess,withnonconformanceoflessthan4claimspermillion.

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Howfarcanthemeanshifttotherightbeforethecurveextendsovertheupperspecification?HowdoesthisaffecttheCpandCpk?

Increasethestandarddeviation.Atwhatvaluewillthecurvecrosstheupperspecification?

<Problem3-D>

AProcessfillingsmallbottleswithbabyformulahasatargetof3±0.15ounces.Two-hundredbottlesfromtheprocessweresampled.Theresultsshowedtheaverageamountofformulaplacedinthebottleswas3.042ounces.Thestandarddeviationoftheamountswas0.034ounces.

<Questions>

DeterminethevalueofCpk.

Roughlywhatproportionofbottlesmeetsthespecifications?

Problem#4-AcceptalbeSamplingandOCCurve

Ashipmentof2,000portablebatteryunitsformicrocomputersisabouttobeinspectedbyaMalaysianimporter.TheKoreanmanufacturerandtheimporterhavesetupasamplingplaninwhichtheαriskislimitedto5%atanacceptablequalitylevel(AQL)of2%defective,andtheβriskissetto10%atLotTolerancePercentDefective(LTPD)=7%defective.WewanttoconstructtheOCcurvefortheplanofn=120samplesizeandanacceptancelevelofc≤3defectives.

Tosolvetheproblem,weturntothecumulativePoissontable,whosecolumnsaresetupintermsoftheacceptancelevel,c.Weareinterestedonlyinthec=3columnforthisexample.Therowsinthetableareλ(=np),whichrepresentsthenumberofdefectswewouldexpectt