Process capability Cpk goals (industrial statistics)

2002-02-17 Thread Boris
Hi, Do anyone there have an experience to set organizational (plant) Cpk goals using Confidence Interval and/or hypothesis testing? Most places use just point estimates for Cpk but in the liturature (like classic Montgomery SPC book) confidence interval approach is described. I'd like to hear

Re: Process capability Cpk goals (industrial statistics)

2002-02-17 Thread Jay Warner
Boris, there are lots of ways to use different statistically calculated numbers. I am suspicious, nonetheless, that your concept of a plant wide goal for Cpk, either as a point estimate or as a confidence interval, will not let you reach the larger goal you seek. One can manipulate the math to