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Capability analysis: Indices

What are the measures of
process capability ?

These indices show what the process is "capable" of doing. This is the six sigma range of the inherent variation of a statistically stable process . Sigma is estimated using the /d2 formula.

What are the measures of
process performance ?

These indices show what a process is actually doing. This is the six sigma range of the total process variation, where sigma is usually determined by the sample standard deviation .

All of these capability indices can be calculated using software packages like CHARTrunner and SQCpack.