Average Outgoing Quality Limit for Short-Run CSP-1 Plan

Chung-Ho Chen

doi:10.6180/jase.2005.8.1.11

Average Outgoing Quality Limit for Short-Run CSP-1 Plan

Physics

Chung-Ho Chen This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.¹

¹Department of Industrial Management, Southern Taiwan university of Technology, Yung-Kang, Taiwan 710, R.O.C.

Received: April 20, 2004
Accepted: December 2, 2004
Publication Date: March 1, 2005

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ABSTRACT

Dodge’s type I continuous sampling plan (CSP-1 plan) can be used for the process control. Both the maximum value of the average outgoing quality (AOQ) and the average fraction inspected (AFI) are the indices to measure the performance of the plan. Short-run or low-volume production refers to processes that generate only a small number of items at any one time. This paper presents how to calculate the average outgoing quality limit (AOQL) for short-run CSP-1 plan based on numerical method. We further modify Wang and Chen’s formulae and adopt the conventional Newton’s method for finding the approximate AOQL for CSP-1 plan with specified production run length.

Keywords: Type I Continuous Sampling Plan (CSP-1 Plan); Average Outgoing Quality (AOQ); Average Outgoing Quality Limit (AOQL); Average Fraction Inspected (AFI); Short-Run Production

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