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ViewsCpkFrom Elsmar Cove Quality Assurance and Business Standards WikiCp = Process Capability. A simple and straightforward indicator of process capability. Cpk = Process Capability Index. Adjustment of Cp for the effect of non-centered distribution. Pp = Process Performance. A simple and straightforward indicator of process performance. Ppk = Process Performance Index. Adjustment of Pp for the effect of non-centered distribution. The "k" stands for "katayori" which means deviation, inclination or offset in Japanese. The origins of k actually go back to the 1970s in Japan. The Japanese are credited with developing the the Cp, Cpl, Cpu, Cpk, and k indexes of process capability. So what is k? It is an index of process centering, defined as follows, where M is the middle of the tolerance, mu is the process average, USL is the upper spec limit, and LSL is the lower spec limit: k = |M - mu| / [(USL - LSL) / 2] k is then used as follows to compute Cpk. Cpk = Cp (1 - k) When the process average is centered at the middle of the tolerance, M = mu, and therefore, M - mu = 0. With k = 0, Cpk will equal Cp. Cpk = Cp (1 - 0) = Cp If the process average is centered anywhere else, then the absolute value of the quantity M - mu is greater than zero, making k also greater than 0. Suppose k is 0.30 for a process. Then the Cpk index for this process is only 70% of the Cp index. Cpk =Cp (1 - 0.30) = 0.70Cp So in one way, k measures how much potential capability is lost due to poor centering. In the above example, Cpk could be increased by 30% if we could center mu at M. A visual animation: Process Capability - Cp vs. Cpk Also see: Process Capability Index and Cp Discussion thread: Ppk vs Cpk - A Good, clear explanation Elsmar Cove forum Cp and Cpk discussion threads |
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