You’ve just been promoted to a management position at Worcester Corset Candies Company. Congrats! Immediately, you...

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You’ve just been promoted to a management position at WorcesterCorset Candies Company. Congrats! Immediately, you get a call thatFinance noticed a cost variance in your department. It appears thatyou are consuming too few ingredients for your scheduled output. Abox of Special Mixed Corset Candies is supposed to be 140 ounces,and your annual bonus is paid on how close you manage yourdepartment’s per/unit costs. To begin analyzing the process, youask your fill machine operator to record the weights of 9 candycartons each hour for the next 11 hours. (HINT: Save yourself a lotof time and do this in Excel). Are all points on the R-chart arewithin the control limits? Are all points on the X-bar chart arewithin the control limits? So, manager, is your candy makingprocess considered in control?

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BatchWeight 1Weight 2Weight 3Weight 4Weight 5Weight 6Weight 7Weight 8Weight 9
1147136138138131130134148144
2148137149134134143144150140
3138141130140135132138134133
4141143149133143149132135130
5135141140139135150136130135
6133146142136150140144147150
7138137145138134149130131147
8144137133149131141143149146
9145134149140142130150142148
10135146130141135137141140150
11149142149143142137134139140

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Calculating the x bar and Range of the dataBatchWeight 1Weight 2Weight 3Weight 4Weight 5Weight 6Weight 7Weight 8Weight    See Answer
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