TABLE 17-9 The Manufacturer of Canned Food Constructed Control Charts and Analyzed

question 117

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TABLE 17-9
The manufacturer of canned food constructed control charts and analyzed several quality characteristics. One characteristic of interest is the weight of the filled cans. The lower specification limit for weight is 2.95 pounds. The table below provides the range and mean of the weights of five cans tested every fifteen minutes during a day's production.

-Referring to Table 17-9, based on the R chart, it appears that the process is out of control.

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