Control Charts Control charts‚ also known as Shewhart charts are tools used to determine if a manufacturing or business process is in a state of statistical control. The control chart was invented by Walter A. Shewhart‚ (also known as the father of statistical quality control) while working for Bell Labs in the 1920s. The company’s engineers were seeking to improve the reliability of their telephony transmission systems. The engineers had realized the importance of reducing variation in a manufacturing
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Gantt charts have become a common technique for representing the phases and activities of a project work breakdown structure (WBS)‚ so they can be understood by a wide audience all over the world. The technique is frequently used in Project Management to help breakdown the project.[5] A common error made by those who equate Gantt chart design with project design is that they attempt to define the project work breakdown structure at the same time that they define scheduled activities. This practice
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The Program Evaluation and Run Technique (PERT) chart is a model for project management. It is a tool designed to represent the tasks involved in a project and analyze the time required for completion during the project management life cycle. It also helps to identify the minimum time required to complete the project. It was developed to simplify the planning and scheduling of a project where all the details and durations of the activities are not known at the start itself. It is used especially
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Assignment # 1 1. What is chart of accounts? Chart of accounts (COA) is a list of the accounts used by an organization. The list can be numerical‚ alphabetic‚ or alpha-numeric. The structure and headings of accounts should assist in consistent posting of transactions. Each nominal ledger account is unique to allow its ledger to be located. The list is typically arranged in the order of the customary appearance of accounts in the financial statements‚ profit and loss accounts followed by balance
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computerized system used to store and retrieve information and conduct transactions related to air travel‚ hotels‚ car rental‚ or activities. Originally designed and operated by airlines‚ CRSes were later extended for the use of travel agencies. Major CRS operations that book and sell tickets for multiple airlines are known as global distribution systems (GDS). Airlines have divested most of their direct holdings to dedicated GDS companies‚ who make their systems accessible to consumers throughInternet gateways
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Exercise 11 Aim: Preparation and analysis of Pedigree Charts Principle: The Mendelian concept of dominance and segregation can also be studied in humans by preparing and then analysing the pedigree charts. The internationally approved symbols for indicating males and females‚ marriages‚ various generations (I‚ II‚ III)‚ etc.‚ are given below. Requirement: Information about characters/traits in a family for more than one generation Procedure Select a family in which any one of the monogenic
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Abstract The team has planned to develop a Hospital Automation System for the well knownhospital called Pannipitiya Nursing Home. Currently the client company depends on an error – prone software system and a large amount of manual work. Development of a new systemwill help the client company to minimize the work load they handle manually and to eliminatethe faults and errors of the existing software system.This proposed system handles the entire hospital work load under seven major functions namely;
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The bar chart describes the changes of birth rate in five countries in 1970 and 2000. Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features‚ and make comparisons where relevant. The bar chart shows the changes in birth rate in five different countries in two separate years. According to the chart ‚ only Somalia saw an increase in the birth rate between the two years. (c) There was a slight rise in the birth rate of Somalia from 3.2% to 3.7 % in 2000‚ by which time the country
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item being studied for compliance to a Quality Standard. Here it is a dimension such as the contents of a jar of fruit jam‚ the size of a pair of shoes etc. These are called X-bar and R charts. One calculates X-bar-bar and R-bar averages and these are the centre lines of the SPC run-charts that will be drawn. The charts MUST have these centre lines PLUS upper and lower control AND range limits. The points on these graphs MUST be joined so that a reader can follow the level of quality versus centre lines
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BIFS IB History OPVL Chart Document Type Diary Entry Origin Is it a primary source? Who wrote it? Was this person a key individual? When in the course of events was it written? Purpose Private reflection? Private reflection with the view to being published later in a memoir? Attempts to justify actions? Value Content Eyewitness account Person was part of the decision-making process Could be candid and honest Limitations Personal involvement could lead to
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