Instruction 18-12
the Manufacturer of Canned Food Constructed Control Charts

question 83

Short Answer

Instruction 18-12
The manufacturer of canned food constructed control charts and analysed several quality characteristics. One characteristic of interest is the weight of the filled cans. The lower specification limit for weight is 2.95 kg. The table below provides the range and mean of the weights of five cans tested every 15 minutes during a day's production.
$$\begin{array} { | l | l | l | l | l | l | } \hline \text { Number } & \text { XBar } & \text { Range } & \text { Number } & \text { XBar } & \text { Range } \\\hline 1 & 3.05072 & 0.0215 & 16 & 3.04646 & 0.073 \\\hline 2 & 3.01228 & 0.087 & 17 & 3.03868 & 0.0696 \\\hline 3 & 3.03558 & 0.0851 & 18 & 3.03338 & 0.0329 \\\hline 4 & 3.01014 & 0.0674 & 19 & 3.03322 & 0.0455 \\\hline 5 & 3.00858 & 0.0983 & 20 & 3.05078 & 0.0215 \\\hline 6 & 3.02704 & 0.0527 & 21 & 3.04808 & 0.0396 \\\hline 7 & 3.04268 & 0.0508 & 22 & 3.05348 & 0.0581 \\\hline 8 & 3.01052 & 0.0791 & 23 & 3.05516 & 0.0682 \\\hline 9 & 3.03464 & 0.0663 & 24 & 3.03426 & 0.0325 \\\hline 10 & 3.02034 & 0.0538 & 25 & 3.0516 & 0.0641 \\\hline 11 & 3.03764 & 0.0584 & 26 & 3.05562 & 0.0809 \\\hline 12 & 3.0409 & 0.0434 & 27 & 3.04402 & 0.0374 \\\hline 13 & 3.0519 & 0.0762 & 28 & 3.06458 & 0.0284 \\\hline 14 & 3.03994 & 0.0833 & 29 & 3.0544 & 0.0738 \\\hline 15 & 3.03788 & 0.0601 & & & \\\hline\end{array}$$
-Referring to Instruction 18-12,an R chart is to be used for the weight.The lower control limit for this data set is _______,while the upper control limit is _______

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Definitions:

Flexible Budget

A budget that adjusts or flexes with changes in the level of activity or volume of production.

Manufacturing Overhead

All indirect costs associated with the production process, such as utilities, maintenance, and salaries of production supervisors, not directly tied to the production of an individual product.

Spending Variance

The difference between the budgeted or standard cost of something and its actual cost, often analyzed in budgeting and cost control.

Units

The measures or quantities of a product, service, or resource, which are accounted for in business transactions.