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CUMSUM Chart Interpretation: Answer the following questions with the information

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Question

CUMSUM Chart Interpretation:

Answer the following questions with the information that will be provided in the data images below:

1. Did the Xbar-R chart fail any test? __________ If so how many__________ What test(s) did it fail?

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2. Where there any points outside the control lines of the CUSUM chart? ___________

3. At what point if any was outside of the CUSUM chart?

4. What would a point outside the CUSUM chart indicate, what action should be taken?

Data results from Minitab:

Test Results for Xbar Chart of AtoBDist 4 out of 5 points more than 1 -t deviation Erom center line (on Failed at TestResults for R Chart of AtoBDist ;??· 4??? ?.x se E.JuMS ?????????.it RM E.JuiSi! f ;? 73rs' ;??-1. ???2%??! E?XMy4E»: Test Failed at points: 17. 18 WARNING - If graph is updated with new data, the results above may no longer be correct Xbar-R Chart of AtoBDist ample 33L-17.5 ample

Explanation / Answer

1. X-bar chart failed the test - 4 out of 5 points out of 1 SD and there is 1 point where X-bar chart failed

R-chart failed at 2 points the test where 6 continuous points are tested.

The total failure occurred at 3 points.

2. Yes, there are points outside the Upper Control Limits of the CUMSUM chart.

3. 4,5,6,7,8,9,10 i.e. there are 7 points at which it was outside CL.

4. There can be several reasons:

Change in the labor, change in the process or material, erratic fluctuations due to external parameters like temperature, etc.