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An Application of Control Charts in Manufacturing Industry

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  • Muhammad Riaz
  • Faqir Muhammad

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The range control chart and the X bar control chart are the well known and the most popular tools for detecting out- of-control signals in the Statistical Quality Control (SQC). The control charts has shown his worth in the manufacturing industry. In this study we have applied the range and the X bar control charts to a product of Swat Pharmaceutical Company. The variables under study were weight/ml, Ph, Citrate % and the amount of fill. Besides the X bar control chart, the exponentially weighted moving average control chart and the multivariate Hotelling’s T2 control chart were applied to the same data.

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  • Muhammad Riaz & Faqir Muhammad, 2012. "An Application of Control Charts in Manufacturing Industry," Journal of Statistical and Econometric Methods, SCIENPRESS Ltd, vol. 1(1), pages 1-5.
    • Handle: RePEc:spt:stecon:v:1:y:2012:i:1:f:1_1_5
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