Six Sigma Class, 2016-2017

Home Work 1
Due Back: 1/2/2017
(Max No of Students in a Group =4)

Problem 1: (20 Points)

A Machine Shop buys four machines of similar kinds from the same
manufacturer. Assuming G means good condition at end of year and B
means not operating at the end of year for any boiler and if there is 50%
chance that each machine works for one year without any failure or
breakdown,
Identify the possible events at the end of first year for all the
machines i.e. the total number of machines in good conditions at the
end of year (create a table showing all the events for all machines)
Identify sample points for the following conditions:
o All four machines in operating condition
o Two machines in operating condition
o One machine in operating condition
o None in operating condition
o At least three machines in operating condition
o At most two machines in operating condition
Find (1) probability of having one machine left operative at the end of
first year (2) probability of having at least three machines operative at
the end of first year
Find probability of realizing at least three machines in operating
condition after one year
Problem 2: (20 Points)
Draw a Product-Process Matrix for the following types of products:
(a) Commercial Boiler, one of a kind, manufactured by Babcock and
Wilcox Company
(b) Heavy Front End-Loader manufactured by Caterpillar Company
(c) A sedan car manufactured using assembly line by Tata Motors
(d) A Sugar Refinery factory out of sugarcanes in India
In each case, briefly explain your answer by giving the justifications for your
selection. Also, why do you need this matrix when you are considering a
lean six sigma project to be completed for each one of these
organizations?

Problem 3: (20 Points)

The final grades in production Operation class for 80 students of IIT,
Kharagpur, are given below:
68,73,61,66,96,79,65,86,84,79,65,78,78,62,80,67,75,88,75,82,89,67,73,73,
82,73,87,75,61,97,57,81,68,60,74,94,75,78,88,72,90,93,62,77,95,85,78,63,
62,71,95,69,60,76,62,76,88,59,78,74,79,65,76,75,76,85,63,68,83,71,53,85,
93,75,72,60,71,75,74,77
Determine:
Highest, lowest and range of grades
Grades of 5 highest ranking and lowest ranking students
Grade of student ranking tenth-highest
Number of students who received grades of 75 or higher
Number of students who received grades below 85
Percentage of students who received grades higher than 65 but not
higher than 85
Grades that did not appear at all

Problem 4: (20 Points)

The weekly wages of 65 employees are given in the following table:

Wages (US Dollars) Number of Employees

250-259.99 8
260-269.99 10
270-279.99 16
280-289.99 14
290-299.99 10
300-309.99 5
310-319.99 2
Total 65
Determine:
The frequency of third class
Relative frequency of third class
Percentage of employees earning less than $300 per week but at
least $260 per week
Construct a relative-frequency distribution, a histogram, a relative-
frequency histogram
Five new employees were hired at weekly wages of $285.34,
$316.83, $356.21 and $374.50. Construct the new frequency
distribution of wages for 70 employees; also, construct a histogram
for the frequency distribution.
Construct (a) a cumulative-frequency distribution (b) a percentage
cumulative distribution
Estimate number of employees earning (a) less than $288 per week
(b) $296 or more per week and (c) at least $263 per week but less
than $275 per week
Problem 5: (20 Points)
(a)Find the probability that in 5 tosses of a fair die a 3 appears (a) at no
time (b) once (c) twice (d) three times, and (e) four times
(b)If 20% of the bolts produced by a machine are defective, determine
the probability that, out of 4 bolts chosen at random, (a)1, (b)0, and
(c) at most 2 bolts will be defective
(c) If the probability of a defective bolt is 0.1, find (a) the mean and (b)
the standard deviation for the distribution of defective bolts in a total
of 400 bolts inspected.