SESSION 5

CASE STUDY 1
DESCRIPTIVE ANALYTICS FOR PRODUCTION LINES
SCENARIO DESCRIPTION
We have 3 production lines producing these brass
fittings. Let’s call them A, B, and C.
Each line is composed of 3 machines in series.

Production rates: are

measured in terms of pieces
produced in 8 hour shift.

Rejection rate: Each machine

has its own rejection rate
SCENARIO DESCRIPTION

Rejection rate of each machine 25 samples of production by each line

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Using descriptive analytics find the following:

Q1. The expected range of parts produced by the entire factory.

Q2. The amount of raw materials required to produce them.

What happened?

DESCRIPTIVE ANALYTICS
EXPLORATORY ANALYSIS

Using the following

Excel functions:
MAX()
MIN()
MEDIAN()
AVERAGE()
MODE()
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What are Quartiles?

Quartiles are values

that are used to
divide your data into
four fragments of
equal number of
observations.
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What are Quartiles?
IQR

0 1 2 3 4

MIN Q1 MEDIAN Q3 MAX

EXPLORATORY ANALYSIS

Using the following

Excel function:
QUARTILE.INC()
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Production Rate Histograms

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25 Samples Bigger Sample Size

EXPLORATORY ANALYSIS

Mode < Median < Mean

Right Skewed
Distribution

Mode > Median > Mean

Left Skewed
Distribution
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Inferential Statistics

Sample Population

Data Distribution
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Normal Distribution

Two parameters to describe a

normal distribution:

Mean
Standard deviation
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Imperical Rule
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Excel Functions
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Department stats

Mean (dept) = Mean (A) + Mean(B) + Mean(C)

StDev (dept) = SQR(StDev ^2 (A) + StDev(B)

^2 + StDev ^ 2(C)
SUMMARY STATISTICS
Department stats
CONCLUSIONS

The Expected production rate of the whole department is 2,348.3 units

The required raw materials to support this production rate is 2,611 units
The Process Yield is 89.94%.
Line B is the most efficient line in terms of process yield while it’s the lowest
ranked in terms of production rate.