You are a Quality Manager for a very well-known food ingredient company that produces monosodium glutamate (MSG), and you are responsible for setting specification limits. The net weight (in grams) of bags of monosodium glutamate (MSG) is monitored by taking samples of eight bags on an hourly basis during production. The label on every bag reports a contents of 2 kg flour. The process mean is μ = 2018 g, and when the process is proper
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The net weight (in grams) of bags of monosodium glutamate (MSG) is monitored by taking samples of eight bags on an hourly basis during production. The label on every bag reports a contents of 2 kg flour. The process mean is μ = 2018 g, and when the process is properly adjusted, it varies with σ = 16 g.
QUESTION: Using what you know about QMP, would you advise your manager that the process is satisfactory when it is properly adjusted, or would you seek their approval to improve the process? Be sure to provide a full justification for your answer.
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