Your customer has found base plates that are defective, they exceed the maximum width dimension of 4.005.As a result the mating component will not fit on these base plates properly.You manufacture these base plates on four identical CNC milling machines with approximately 25% of the production coming from each machine.

Simplified drawing of base plate is shown below.

Assignment:

You manager has requested you sample 50 pieces from the manufacturing floor that were manufactured from each machine, analyze the data and come up with recommendations to solve the problem.(The data for the 50 piece sample is attached at the end of the assignment.)

(Note: do not create any more data or make assumptions that are not presented.There is sufficient data to complete the assignment.If you do not understand how a CNC milling machine functions then additional research is suggested.)

The report has to be structured in the following manner with each of these specific sections in this sequence.Each section is to be titled as indicated in bold below.All graphs and diagrams have to be created using MINITAB.

Introduction: describing the process and statement of the general problem(s)

Data: Do not include a copy of the data in the report to safe on printing costs. Please indicate that "Data is available if requested".

Analysis of the data: using various problem solving tools covered in class.

Graphical analysis is required and all graphical work must be completed using MINITAB.

Graphs are to be labeled, Graph 1, Figure 1, etc.

Each table and graph must be briefly explained at the point of the table or graph to indicate

how it relates to the study at hand.

A brief summary of the findings relating back to specific analytical tools.

Problem statement(s): based on the results of the data analysis

The analysis will help define the problem statement.

No recommendations or discussions are to be a part of the problem statement.

Cause and effect diagram(s):identifying PERTINENT possible solutions to the problem(s)

Recommendations: stating your recommendations.

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