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Operations Management: Processes and Supply Chains, 12th Edition
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Operations Management: Processes and Supply Chains, 12th Edition

by Lee J. Krajewski, Manoj K. Malhotra, Larry P. Ritzman
January 2018
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
480 pages
236h 9m
English
Pearson
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Operating Characteristic Curves

Analysts create a graphic display of the performance of a sampling plan by plotting the probability of accepting the lot for a range of proportions of defective units. This graph, called an operating characteristic (OC) curve, describes how well a sampling plan discriminates between good and bad lots. Undoubtedly, every manager wants a plan that accepts lots with a quality level better than the AQL 100 percent of the time and accepts lots with a quality level worse than the AQL 0 percent of the time. This ideal OC curve for a single-sampling plan is shown in Figure G.2. However, such performance can be achieved only with 100 percent inspection. A typical OC curve for a single-sampling plan, plotted in red, shows ...

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