Candy Capability Dr. Ron Tibben-Lembke. Lotta Candy.

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Candy Capability

Dr. Ron Tibben-Lembke

Lotta Candy

Packaged Goods

What are the Tolerance Levels? What we have to do to measure

capability? What are the sources of variability?

Production Process

Make Candy

Package Put in big bagsMake Candy

Make Candy

Make Candy

Make Candy

Make Candy

Mix

Mix %

Candy irregularity

Wrong wt. Wrong wt.

Processes Involved

Candy Manufacturing: Are M&Ms uniform size & weight? Should be easier with plain than peanut Percentage of broken items (probably from printing)

Mixing: Is proper color mix in each bag?

Individual packages: Are same # put in each package? Is same weight put in each package?

Large bags: Are same number of packages put in each bag? Is same weight put in each bag?

Your Job

Write down package # Weigh package and candies, all together, in

grams and ounces Write down weights on form

Optional: Open package, count total # candies Count # of each color Write down Eat candies

Turn in form and empty complete wrappers for weighing

The effects of rounding

17.00

18.00

19.00

20.00

21.00

22.00

23.00

24.00

25.00

14.5 15.0 15.5 16.0 16.5 17.0 17.5 18.0 18.5 19.0 19.5 20.0 20.5 21.0 21.5 22.0 22.5

Original Weight in grams

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20 grams

0.6 Ounces

19 grams

18 grams

21 grams

Peanut Color Mix

website

Brown 17.7% 20% Yellow 8.2% 20% Red 9.5% 20% Blue 15.4% 20% Orange 26.4% 10% Green 22.7% 10%

Class website Brown 12.1% 30% Yellow 14.7% 20% Red 11.4% 20% Blue 19.5% 10% Orange 21.2% 10% Green 21.2% 10%

Plain Color Mix

So who cares?

Dept. of Commerce National Institutes of Standards & Technology NIST Handbook 133 Fair Packaging and Labeling Act

Acceptable?

Package Weight

“Not Labeled for Individual Retail Sale”

If individual is 18g MAV is 10% = 1.8g Nothing can be below 18g – 1.8g =

16.2g