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Process Capability

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The measurement of process capability is carried out by taking a number of relatively small samples from the process at regular intervals of time and analysing the data to ensure that no assignable factors are present. In practice a minimum of 25 samples are required and the sample size taken depends on many factors, including production rate of process, cost of measurement, etc.

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© 1979 J. Murdoch

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Murdoch, J. (1979). Process Capability. In: Control Charts. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-16238-3_4

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