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Control Charts: Pros and Cons

This document summarizes various types of statistical process control charts, including their parameters plotted, typical uses, and advantages/disadvantages. It includes details on X-bar and R charts for variables data and P, NP, U, and C charts for attributes data. The charts can be used to monitor processes, detect shifts or variations, and are suited to different data types and situations depending on their ease of use, calculation complexity, sensitivity to changes, and ability to relate to process tolerances. Chart selection involves considerations of subgroup size, frequency, and number of subgroups.

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Control Charts: Pros and Cons

This document summarizes various types of statistical process control charts, including their parameters plotted, typical uses, and advantages/disadvantages. It includes details on X-bar and R charts for variables data and P, NP, U, and C charts for attributes data. The charts can be used to monitor processes, detect shifts or variations, and are suited to different data types and situations depending on their ease of use, calculation complexity, sensitivity to changes, and ability to relate to process tolerances. Chart selection involves considerations of subgroup size, frequency, and number of subgroups.

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Data type Prameters plotted Typical Use Advantages

Variables

A good window into


Subgroup average and range or Machine dominant
X bar - R the statistical variation
standard deviation process.
of a process.

A good window into


Subgroup average and range or Machine dominant
X bar - S the statistical variation
standard deviation process.
of a process.

Where only one Quicker, easier to plot


X&R Individual & subgroup range observation per lot is & explain. Compares
available. directly to tolerance.

Cumulative sum of deviation of High cost product or Faster response to an


CumSum subgroup averages from a test where 0.5 s or 2 s abrupt shiftin mean
reference value shift is common. than X bar - R chart.

Attributes

p Fraction non-conforming
Only attribute data
Data is usually easier
np Number non-conforming available or to monitor
to obtain than variable
quality of a complex
data. Calculations are
unit with more than
u Non-conformities per unit easier than X bar
one characteristic of
charts.
interest.
c Number of non-conformities
Disadvantages Comments

Select subgroup size, frequency


Complex calculations, slow
and number of subgroups used
response, indirect relationship
to set & reset control limits
between control limits & tolerance
carefully.

Select subgroup size, frequency


Complex calculations, slow
and number of subgroups used
response, indirect relationship
to set & reset control limits
between control limits & tolerance
carefully.

Not as sensitive as X bar - R chart.

Complex , hard to explain. PRE-Control is faster & simpler.

As quality gets better,


subgroups get bigger.
Attribute data is not as useful for
Eventually, all attribute charts
diagnostic work as variable data.
should make themselves
obsolete.

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