QUALITY CONTROL ANALYSIS IN THE PACKING AREA OF A FOOD COMPANY PLANT

摘要

This paper presents an application of statistical quality control in the packing area of a food company plant. This study focused on the nonconforming fraction estimation and the construction of control charts using 3σ philosophy, and also it is analyzed the defect in the final product packaging. It was controlled other sources of variation as machines, working turns and operators groups and subsequently it was verified the interaction of these sources of variation on the amount of waste by a factorial analysis. It was found that the significant interaction is produced between the machine and working turns variables.