The concept of process capability was proposed in early 1970 with the introduction of ‘capability ratio’ by Juran, a world known quality expert. Thereafter almost 40 years have been passed and many indices such as Cp, Cpk and Cpm were developed for measuring process performance. However, many researchers, for example, Kotz and Johnson [1-2] raised concerns about the application of the diversifi...

Process yield has been the most basic and common criterion used in the manufacturing industry for evaluating process capability. The Cpk index has been used widely in the manufacturing industry. In this note, we considered a generalization of Cpk index which handles processes involving a target T with asymmetric tolerances. Particularly, we established a formula for measuring the PPM non-confor...

In market globalization environment, the enterprises need respond to customer requirement and increasing customer satisfaction. The enterprises need to be fine appropriate approach that can help to achieve their goal. This encouraged many enterprises to adopt either Six Sigma for improving process throughout process interaction and problem solving or Lean for wastes reduction in processes. Howe...

Backlight application specializes in supplying light, with notable examples including liquid crystal display (LCD), hand-phone LCD, and PDA LCD. The integrated process capability and integrated process yield for cold cathode fluorescent lamp backlight are unknown. Process capability analysis is a highly effective means of assessing the process ability of backlight that meets specifications. A l...

For non-normal Pearsonian processes, Clements proposed a method for calculating estimators of the two basic process capability indices Cp and Cpk. Pearn and Kotz applied Clements' method to obtain estimators for the other two more advanced process capability indices Cpm and Cpmk. Their considerations on those indices, however, are restricted to processes with symmetric tolerances. Recently, Pea...

In contrast with Mobility Factor (MF) and Risk Assessment Code (RAC) indices, IR attributes a risk share to metal species bound to reducible and oxidizable phases which are totally neglected in both of the two above-mentioned indices. In other words, besides the absolutely mobile fractions, the potentially mobile ones are also regarded in risk evaluation process elaborated by IR. The different ...

Alternative definitions of Process Capability Indices (PCIs), based on different approaches, have been proposed in literature. Most of the research works related to Process Capability Indices assume no gauge measurement errors. However, in industrial applications, despite the use of highly advanced measuring instruments, account needs to be taken of gauge imprecision. The aim of this paper is f...

In modern electronics, specifications for products have constantly been tightened due to performance competition. The processes for product development and manufacturing have been developed to meet the tighter specifications and quality requirements. The development of test methods and measurement devices have not been as fast, and as a consequence, the relative impact of measurement errors has...