Question: Smart Widget Inc. ( SWI ) manufactures and distributes precision systems for pharmaceutical production lines, touchscreen displays, hospital needs and other gadgets. Answer the following

Smart Widget Inc. (SWI) manufactures and distributes precision systems for pharmaceutical production lines, touchscreen displays, hospital needs and other gadgets. Answer the following questions regarding their selected products. Note that each part is independent of each other.
(A) SWI developed a new advanced precision system for the pharmaceutical production line. Extensive testing has revealed that the mean dosage delivered by this system is 32.0370 milligrams with a standard deviation of 0.25 milligrams. The typical dosage requirement for this product is \(32\pm 0.45\) milligrams. Calculate and interpret the process capability index. What percentage of the current production is expected to be outside the tolerance limits given?
(B) SWI is trying to improve its production process. They set a quality control policy for their newly developed advanced precision system for the pharmaceutical production line that dosage of the product outside \(32\pm 0.45\) milligrams will be considered defective. A sample of 135 dosages was picked daily over the past ten days. The daily number of defective dosages is as follows:
With this kind of data, which type of process control chart would be appropriate? Specify the process control limits for which one would expect that only \(2\%\) of the production will fall outside these control limits.
(C) Smart Widget Inc. produces touchscreen displays and sources glass panels. A specific circuit board KZ323 used in this product is purchased from an outside vendor. The vendor makes the KZ323 circuit board to an acceptable quality limit of \(2.10\%\) defectives and is willing to run a 5 percent risk (\(\alpha \)) of having lots of this level or fewer defectives rejected. SWI considers a lot of \(8\%\) or more defectives unacceptable and wants to ensure it will accept such poor quality lots no more than \(10\%\) of the time (\(\beta \)). A large shipment has just been delivered. What value of sample size ( n ) and acceptance number (c) should be selected to determine the quality of this lot?
(D) SWI's quality department is monitoring the quality of its non-rebreather masks. These masks are used in emergencies to deliver high concentrations of oxygen quickly. These masks have a bag, called a reservoir bag, that is filled with oxygen and attached to the mask with a one-way valve. When the patient inhales, they breathe in oxygen from the reservoir bag. They are used in situations like smoke inhalation, carbon monoxide poisoning and severe lung injuries. To statistically control this product's production process, 13 masks are randomly picked from the production line every hour. The measurements of flow rate (liters of oxygen per minute) are recorded sequentially for the samples over the 12 hours of operation. The overall average of the 12 sample means is 14.35 liters per minute. The overall average of the 12 sample ranges is 0.6950 liters per minute. Three sigma control limits are applied in the statistical process control of this item. Determine the upper and lower control limits of the X-bar chart and Rchart.
 Smart Widget Inc. (SWI) manufactures and distributes precision systems for pharmaceutical

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