Measuring manufacturing capability based on lower confidence bounds of C_pmk applied to current transmitter process

Authors: Pearn, W.¹; Shu, Ming-Hung²

Source: The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, Volume 23, Numbers 1-2, January 2004 , pp. 116-125(10)

Publisher: Springer

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Abstract:

Several process capability indices, including C_p, C_pk, and C_pm, have been proposed to provide numerical measures on manufacturing potential and actual performance. Combining the advantages of those indices, a more advanced index C_pmkis proposed, taking the process variation, centre of the specification tolerance, and the proximity to the target value into account, which has been shown to be a useful capability index for manufacturing processes with two-sided specification limits. In this paper, we consider the estimation of C_pmk, and we develop an efficient algorithm to compute the lower confidence bounds on C_pmk based on the estimation, which presents a measure on the minimum manufacturing capability of the process based on the sample data. We also provide tables for practitioners to use in measuring their processes. A real-world example of current transmitters taken from a microelectronics device manufacturing process is investigated to illustrate the applicability of the proposed approach. Our implementation of the existing statistical theory for manufacturing capability assessment bridges the gap between the theoretical development and the in-plant applications.

Keywords: Process capability index; Lower confidence bound

Document Type: Research article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00170-003-1693-z

Affiliations: 1: Department of Industrial Engineering and Management, National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan, Email: roller@cc.nctu.edu.tw 2: Department of Commerce Automation and Management, National Pingung Institute of Commerce, Taiwan, ROC,

Publication date: 2004-01-01