Control Charts: Causes of Variation
Control Charts: Causes of Variation
Control Charts: Causes of Variation
Characteristics
Control Charts
Quality
CL
LCL
Performance of process over time.
Time
It has three lines parallel to x-axis.
One line is in the centre and is called
average line. It is firm line.
Other two lines are at an equal
distance from centre line. These are
called upper and lower control limits.
Causes of Variation
Common causes:
Special causes:
Assignable causes
non-random pattern of
variation
Variable Data
• I-MR or X-MR chart
• X - R chart (Average – Range chart)
• X - s chart (Average – Standard deviation
chart)
Attribute Data
• p chart (Proportion defective chart)
• np chart (Number defective chart)
• c chart (Number defect chart)
• u chart (Number defect per unit chart).
Defective Defect
Sample size np c
constant
Sample size p u
variable
Types of Control Charts
Data Type
Attribute - Counts
Variable - Measurements
# Pieces # Occurrences
# Defectives # Defects
n n
n>9 n =2 to 9 n=1
Constant Variable Constant Variable
X Bar – R Chart
X Bar – R Chart
Sample Number x1 x2 x3 x4 x5 Sample Mean Sample Range
1 70.1 69.4 70 69.9 70.6 70 1.2
2 70.4 1.3
3 70.3 0.7
4 69.5 0.6
5 70.3 1.1
6 70.5 1.5
7 69.4 0.4
8 69.3 0.8
9 69.8 1.2
10 70.5 1.2
70 1
70.4
70.2
70
69.8
69.6
69.4
69.2
0 2 4 6 8 10 12
R Chart
1.6
1.4
1.2
0.4
0.2
UCL = D4.r-bar (2.115)(1) 2.115
0 UCL = D3.r-bar (0)(1) 0
0 2 4 6 8 10 12
X Bar – s Chart
np and p Chart
c and u Chart
Interpreting Special Causes
Nelson Rules
Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nelson_rules
Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nelson_rules