Abstract
While the quality control procedures for multistage has been considerably studied, multistage process capability analysis has not been explored much at all. Fostering on the recent development of the multistage process variation transmission model, a multistage process capability analysis algorithm is developed to prioritize process improvement efforts. The application of algorithm is demonstrated with two 2-stage industrial process examples and a 4-stage process example for its expandability.
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
The authors are grateful to the editor and the referees for their valuable comments. This work was partially supported by Hong Kong Government RGC Competitive Earmarked Research Grant HKUST6073/00E.