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Reduction of variation and control parameters optimising in a cement-bags company

Research Authors
Abdelrahman S Shehata, Mahmoud Heshmat, Mahmoud A El-Sharief
Research Date
Research Year
2022
Research Journal
International Journal of Process Management and Benchmarking
Research Publisher
Inderscience Publishers (IEL)
Research_Pages
321-347
Research Abstract

This paper introduces a case study methodology to decrease variability in quality measures and optimise control parameters in a cement-bags company. A lack of supervision is observed in the company which gives a negative impact on quality by increasing the number of defective bags with time without taking any action. The statistical process control (SPC) techniques, process capability measures, and analysis of variance (ANOVA) are used to reduce the high variability in production and the defective bag ratio. Moreover, an approach is developed to find and eliminate the resulted causes of variation in the production process. Multiple linear regression analysis is conducted for each variable characteristic to determine the best working conditions by which the production process improves.