A Production Manager at a Pottery Factory Has Noticed That

question 137

Multiple Choice

A production manager at a pottery factory has noticed that about 70% of defects result from impurities in raw materials, 15% result from human error, 10% from machine malfunctions, and 5% from a variety of other causes. This manager is most likely using a

• A) Pareto chart.
• B) scatter diagram.
• C) Taguchi loss function.
• D) cause-and-effect diagram.
• E) flowchart.

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