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Read Chapter 9 (Schoeder, R.G., Goldstein, S.M., & Rungtusanatham, M.J. (2013). Operations Management in the Supply Chain: Decisions and Cases (6th Ed). McGraw-Hill Irwin, New York, NY ISBN) and create a Microsoft Word document with your responses to the following questions.:

Q1: Golden Gopher Airline issues thousands of aircraft boarding passes to passengers each day. In some cases, a boarding pass is spoiled for various reasons and discarded by the airline agent before the final boarding pass is issued to a customer. To control the process for issuing boarding passes, the airline has sampled the process for 100 days and determined the average proportion of defective passes is .006 (6 in every 1000 passes are spoiled and discarded). In the future, the airline plans to take a sample of 500 passes that are issued each day and calculate the proportion of spoiled passes in that sample for control chart purposes.

A. What is the sample size ( n ) for this problem? Is it 100, 500, or 1000? Explain the significance of the 100 days used to determine the average proportion defective.

B. Calculate the CL, UCL, and LCL, using three standard deviations for control purposes.

Q2: We have taken 12 samples of 400 letters each from a typing pool and found the following proportions of defective letters: .01, .02, .02, .00, .01, .03, .02, .01, .00, .04, .03, and .02. A letter is considered defective when one or more errors are detected.

A. Calculate the control limits for a p control chart.

B. A sample of 400 has just been taken, and 6 letters were found to be defective. Is the process still in control?

Q3: Each day 500 inventory control records are cycle-counted for errors. These counts have been made over a period of 20 days and have resulted in the following proportion of records found in error each day: .0025, .0075, .0050, .0150, .0125, .0100, .0050, .0025, .0175, .0200, .0150, .0050, .0150, .0125, .0075, .0150, .0250, .0125, .0075, .0100

A. Calculate the center line, upper control limit, and lower control limit for a p control chart.

B. Plot the 20 points on the chart and determine which ones are in control.

C. Is the process stable enough to begin using these data for quality control purposes?

PLEASE NOTE: USE THE ATTACHED EXCEL SPREADSHEET TEMPLATE TO CALCULATE THESE (Q9): The Robin Hood Bank has noticed an apparent recent decline in the daily demand deposits. The average daily demand deposit balance has been running at $109 million with an average range of $15 million over the past year. The demand deposits for the past six days have been 110, 102, 96, 87, 115, and 106.

A. What are the CL, UCL, and LCL for the x and R charts based on a sample size of 6?

B. Compute an average and range for the past six days. Do the figures for the past six days suggest a change in the average or range from the past year?

Q11: PLEASE NOTE: USE THE ATTACHED EXCEL SPREADSHEET TEMPLATE TO CALCULATE THESE: (As cereal boxes are filled in a factory; they are weighed for their contents by an automatic scale. The target value is to put 10 ounces of cereal in each box. Twenty samples of three boxes each have been weighed for quality control purposes. The fill weight for each box is shown below.

a. Calculate the center line and control limits for the x and R charts from these data.

b. Plot each of the 20 samples on the x and R control charts and determine which samples are out of control.

c. Do you think the process is stable enough to begin to use these data as a basis for calculating x and R and to begin to take periodic samples of 3 for quality control purposes?

Paper For Above instruction

The provided assignment requires an in-depth analysis of control chart applications in various quality control scenarios based on the concepts from Chapter 9 of Schoeder, Goldstein, and Rungtusanatham's "Operations Management in the Supply Chain." The tasks involve calculating control limits, analyzing process stability, and interpreting control charts in differing contexts, including airline pass defect rates, defective letter percentages, inventory error rates, bank deposit balances, cereal filling weights, and more.

First, the scenario involving Golden Gopher Airline's boarding passes addresses the importance of understanding sample size and process variability. The sample size for the control chart is 500 passes, which is the planned daily sampling size, rather than the 100-day sampling period. The significance of sampling over 100 days lies in establishing a reliable average defect proportion, which reflects process performance and variability over time. Using this historical data, the control limits (CL, UCL, LCL) can be deduced with three standard deviations, gauging the process's stability and control status.

Next, the control chart for defective letters emphasizes calculating control limits using sample proportions and assessing whether recent process performance indicates in-control operation. In particular, the analysis involves methodically computing the chart's center line and control limits, then evaluating whether a recent sample falls within those bounds. This step ensures process consistency and detects any anomalies signaling potential process shifts.

The third scenario concerning inventory record errors examines the stability of the process over a 20-day span. Calculations encompass deriving control limits tailored to proportions, then plotting all data points to check for out-of-control signals. This analysis determines if the process is stable enough for ongoing monitoring and future statistical process control (SPC) applications.

The banking deposit data offers insight into the movement of process averages and ranges over six days, facilitating the calculation of control chart boundaries. Comparing these figures to the past year's data elucidates whether recent observations suggest process shifts or stability, essential for process improvement initiatives.

Finally, the cereal filling weights task involves detailed calculation of control chart parameters based on sample data, including centers and control limits, followed by graphical plotting to detect out-of-control points. This comprehensive approach aids in validating whether the manufacturing process is stable and suitable for routine quality control measurement.

References

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