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Six Sigma & Statistical Quality · Measurement & Inspection · MSA & Traceability

Is a Calibration Certificate Stating "合格" Enough to Ensure a Measuring Tool is Usable? —— The Five-Step Metrology Confirmation Method

An internal auditor randomly checks the metrology room, carrying out a stack of calibration certificates: each one has a…

Six Sigma & Statistical Quality · Statistical Process Control · Process Capability Cpk / Ppk

Advancing QE Skills (11) | Capability Analysis for Non-Normal Data: Transformation, Box-Cox, and Non-Parametric Methods

A mechanical processing company submitted an initial process capability report to a client, focusing on the roundness of…

Six Sigma & Statistical Quality · Statistical Process Control · Process Capability Cpk / Ppk

QE Skill Enhancement (10) | What's the Difference Between Cp/Cpk and Pp/Ppk: Correct Interpretation of Short-term and Long-term Capability

A precision machining company supplies drive shafts to a new energy client. During the client's audit, a process capabil…

Six Sigma & Statistical Quality · Experimentation & Robustness · DOE Basics & Advanced

Random Trial Sequencing Can Lead to False Significant Factors? —— Five Steps for Randomization, Blocking, and Center Points in DOE

1. An Experiment That Reached the Opposite Conclusion A die casting company conducted a two level, three factor experime…

Six Sigma & Statistical Quality · Measurement & Inspection · MSA & Traceability

Advancing QE Skills (9) | Measurement System Analysis for Destructive Testing: Nested Design and Alternatives

A modified plastic company supplies interior components to an original equipment manufacturer OEM . Tensile strength is …

Six Sigma & Statistical Quality · Statistical Process Control · Control Chart Selection & Out-of-Control Analysis

Control Limits Set Once and Never Changed? — A Five-Step Method for Establishing, Inspecting, and Updating Control Limits

During a process audit at an automotive parts company, an auditor pointed to the X̄–R control chart hanging on the wall …

Six Sigma & Statistical Quality · Measurement & Inspection · MSA & Traceability

Advancing QE Skills (8) | How to Conduct MSA for Online Measurement and Automatic Inspection Equipment

An electronics company entrusted the final inspection of its assembly line to an online automatic inspection device: par…

Six Sigma & Statistical Quality · Measurement & Inspection · MSA & Traceability

Machine Vision Judging Conformity, but No MSA Done? —— Five Steps for MSA of Automated Measurement Systems

A certain automotive parts company installed an online visual inspection system last year: after stamping parts are off …

Six Sigma & Statistical Quality · Measurement & Inspection · MSA & Traceability

Advancing QE Skills (6) | Gauge Calibration May Be Qualified, but the Measurement System May Not: The Relationship Between Calibration and MSA

1. Comprehensive Certificates, Yet Inconsistent Judgments A manufacturing company was releasing a batch of aluminum die …

Six Sigma & Statistical Quality · Statistical Process Control · Control Chart Selection & Out-of-Control Analysis

Tool Wear is Gradually Increasing, but the Control Chart Remains Silent? —— Five Steps for Monitoring Small Drifts with EWMA and CUSUM

An incident occurred at a machining company: during a quarterly inventory check, it was discovered that the scrap rate o…

Six Sigma & Statistical Quality · Measurement & Inspection · MSA & Traceability

QE Skill Advancement (5) | MSA for Attribute Gauges: How to Quantify Visual Inspection (Kappa and Consistency Analysis)

1. Introduction: Why a "Beautiful" Kappa Report Was Rejected by the Customer A certain electronics manufacturing company…

Six Sigma & Statistical Quality · Statistical Process Control · Control Chart Selection & Out-of-Control Analysis

Can Control Charts Be Drawn for Only One Batch per Month per Variety? —— Five-Step Method for Selecting Three Types of Alternative Charts for Short-Cycle SPC

A quality engineer at a machining company has been staring at a control chart for two months, feeling frustrated. The ma…