C-pm MPPAC for manufacturing quality control applied to precision voltage reference process

Abstract

A multiprocess performance analysis chart (MPPAC), based on the process capability index C-pm, called C-pm MPPAC, is developed to analyse the manufacturing quality of a group of processes in a multiple process environment. The C-pm MPPAC conveys critical information about multiple processes regarding the departure of the process and process variability on one single chart. Existing research on MPPAC has been restricted to obtaining quality information from one single sample of each process, ignoring sampling errors. The information provided from the existing MPPAC chart, therefore, is unreliable and misleading, resulting in incorrect decisions. In this paper, the natural estimator of C(pm)is considered based on multiple samples. Based on the natural estimator of C-pm, sampling errors are considered by providing an explicit formula with Matlab to obtain the estimation accuracy of the C-pm. The sampling accuracy of C(pm)is tablulated for sample size determination so that engineers/practitioners can use it for in-plant applications. An example of multiple PVR processes is presented to illustrate the applicability of C-pm MPPAC for manufacturing quality control.