Statistical Process Control
OPS/571
Over the past five weeks, data has been collected from the process of getting my daughter, Sophie, ready for daycare in the morning. I have tracked six key areas, or steps, in the process: The time it takes to wake her up, The time it takes to get her to go to the bathroom, The time it takes to get her stuff ready, The time it takes to get her dressed, The time it takes to brush her teeth and hair, and The time it takes to get her into the car. In this paper, I will discuss what I have discovered based on this data, I will identify roadblocks to the process and recommend strategies to overcome them, and I will discuss the variables which affect the steps in the process. Finally I will discuss
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The following step is getting her dressed. This is also the step that has been identified as the main bottleneck in the process. This step has a mean time of 16.5 minutes and a standard deviation of 5.16. The extreme deviation in this step is based on a single primary factor: fussiness. On some mornings, Sophie is happy with the clothes I have chosen and eager to get dressed. On other mornings she does not like what I have chosen and/or does not want to get dressed. On good days, it generally takes from ten to fifteen minutes to get her dressed, on days when she doesn't want to get ready, it can take up to twenty-seven minutes. Since this step is the primary bottleneck in the process, this is the step I have focused on in regards to improving efficiency. The strategy I have recommended in order to improve efficiency is simple. On the night before, prior to Sophie's bedtime, I will pick out her clothes for the following day, with her help. This will allow her to have some level of control over what she wears and she will also know ahead of time what outfit she will be putting on. Doing this should eliminate the problem of her not liking the clothes I have picked out for her and it should improve the mean time and decrease the standard deviation of the time it takes to get her dressed. Brushing her teeth and combing her hair is generally an easy process as she enjoys
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