WOLLO UNIVERSITY

KOMBOLCHA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

TITLE: - CAPABILITY ANALYSIS (CONTROL CHART) BY MINITAB
This mini project is submitted to School of Graduate Studies of Wollo University as
A course computer application case study for Master of Science in Industrial Engineering
(Quality and Reliability Engineering)

PREPARED BY:
Ermiyas tilahun SGSR/0132/14
Lealem brhan SGSR/0134/14

SUBMITED TO: Dr. TESFAYE

JANUARY 2023

KOMBOLCHA, ETHIOPIA
What is Process Capability Analysis?
Process capability analysis is a major concept and a must study for professionals looking
forward having a firm knowledge on Minitab with Statistics. Minitab is a popular tool that
allows one to perform various statistical calculations such as normality test, process capability
analysis and so on. Let’s discuss about the same in this post.

What is Process Capability Analysis?

Process capability is the ability to produce products or provide services that meet specifications
defined by the customer’s needs. As for example: a bottle manufacturer requires that the cap of
the bottle should require between 10 and 30 unit of Torque to open the cap of the bottle.
Capability analysis reveals how well the manufacturing process meets these specifications, and
provides insight into how to improve the process and sustain the improvements.

Steps to Conduct Process Capability Analysis in Minitab

Step 1: Go to File menu, click on Open Project and then load the required data.
Step 2: Go to Start menu, move to Quality Tools and then to Capability Analysis.
Step 3: From the dropdown menu, select Normal or Non Normal analysis based on whether
your distribution is normal or non-normal
Step 4: Click on non-normal (or normal), enter the details required for conducting the capability
analysis and then click Ok.
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What is Process Capability?

Process capability measures how well the process performs to meet given specified
outcome. It indicates the conformance of a process to meet given requirements or
specifications. Capability analysis helps to better understand the performance of the
process with respect to meeting customer’s specifications and identify the process
improvement opportunities.
Process Capability Analysis Steps

1. Determine the metric or parameter to measure and analyze.

2. Collect the historical data for the parameter of interest.
3. Prove the process is statistically stable (i.e. in control).
4. Calculate the process capability indices.
5. Monitor the process and ensure it remains in control over time. Update the
process capability indices if needed.

Process Capability Indices

Process capability can be presented using various indices depending on the nature of
the process and the goal of the analysis. Popular process capability indices are:

 potential capability
 Pp
 Cpk
 Ppk
 Cpm

The Cp index is process capability. It assumes the process mean is centered between
the specification limits and essentially is the ratio of the distance between the
specification limits to six process standard deviations. Obviously, the higher this
value the better, because it means you can fit the process variation between the spec
limits more easily. Cp measures the process’ potential capability to meet the two-
sided specifications. It does not take the process average into consideration.
High Cp indicates the small spread of the process with respect to the spread of the
customer specifications. Cp is recommended when the process is centered between
the specification limits. Cp works when there are both upper and lower specification
limits. The higher Cp the better, meaning the spread of the process is smaller relative
to the spread of the specifications.
Note: Cpm can work only if there is a target value specified.
 Use Minitab to Run a Process Capability Analysis
Steps in Minitab to run a process capability analysis:

1. Click Stat → Basic Statistics → Normality Test.

2. A new window named “Normality Test” pops up.
3. Select “HtBk” as the variable.

4. Click “OK.”
5. The histogram and the normality test results appear in the new window.
In this example, the p-value is 0.275, greater than the alpha level (0.05). We fail to
reject the hypothesis and conclude that the data are normally distributed.

6. Click Stat → Quality Tools → Capability Analysis→ Normal.

7. A new window named “Capability Analysis (Normal Distribution)” pops up.
8. Select “HtBk” as the single column and enter “1” as the subgroup size.
9. Enter “6” as the “Lower spec” and “7” as the “Upper spec”

10. Click “Options” button and another new window named “Capability
Analysis(Normal Distribution) – Options” pops up.
11. Enter “6.5” as the target and click “OK.”

12. Click “OK” in the “Capability Analysis(Normal Distribution)” window.

 13. The capability analysis results appear in the new window.

If the p-value of the previous normality test is smaller than the alpha level (0.05), we
would reject the null hypothesis and conclude that the data are not normally
distributed. Thus, we would perform a Non-Normal Capability analysis as follows:

1. Click Stat → Quality Tools → Capability Analysis→ Non-Normal

2. A new window named “Capability Analysis(Non-Normal Distribution)” pops
up.
3. Select “HtBk” as the single column.
4. Enter “6” as the “Lower spec” and “7” as the “Upper spec.”

5. Click “Options” button and another new window named “Capability Analysis
(Non-Normal Distribution) – Options” pops up.
6. Enter “6.5” as the target and click “OK.”

7. Click “OK” in the “Capability Analysis (Non-Normal Distribution)” window.

 8. The capability analysis results appear in the new window.

Model summary: With Ppk of less than 1.0 we can conclude that the capability of this process is
not very good. Anything less than 1.0 should be considered not capable and we should strive for
Ppk to reach levels of greater than 1 and preferably over 1.67
During the shift in each hour we recorded the result and ran a control chart
following

Start >>>control chart >>> variables chart for subgroup >>> x-bar –R
>>> AV.mean and Ave standard devotion >>>> test column.
For updating the pribas grafe
Then select the data and added to the data inserted before

To construct parito chart

Start>>>quality tool >>>> parato chart
Individual data determination and identification
Start>>> quality tool >>> individual data determination and
identification

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