Improving Process Capability of Manufacturing Process by Application of Statistical Techniques

ABSTRACT This article describes the application of statistical techniques in solving a problem of high rejection and rework due to variation in the machining process. The rejections in the shop floor of a company were studied through Pareto analysis for prioritizing the problems due to different sources. The grinding process was found to be the most contributing among all the processes towards rejection and rework. The process capability of this grinding process was evaluated and found to be very low. A step by step method was adopted by the application of several statistical techniques such as design of experiments for solving this problem. As a result of the study, the process capability has improved drastically. This has lead to reduction in the problems due to high rejection and rework in shop floor.