Pareto Chart

Vilfredo Pareto was a nineteenth-century economist who studied the distribution of wealth and income. Most of the wealth at this time was concentrated in a few hands, and the great majority of people were in poverty. The Pareto Principle states that in any population that contributes to a common effect, a relative few of the contributors account for the bulk of the effect Quran and Godfrey 1999). 

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The pareto chart, tool number six, is a special type of histogram (48) where the frequency data is grouped in order of decreasing occurrence or other measures of importance rather than in sequential or numerical order. The chart, an example of which is shown in Figure 6, illustrates the causes in decreasing order of importance. It enables the improvement effort to be focused where it can have the most impact and is an effective management communication tool. 

Pareto charts often illustrate the principle that 80% of the effect is the result of 20% of the causes (49). Thus these charts are valuable in prioritizing improvement activities. Identifying and correcting the 20% often results in an 80% improvement in the measured effect. 

Figure 3.7 Pareto chart showing tolerance contribution of each characteristic to the final assembly tolerance (for the paper-based analysis)...

The varianee equation provides a valuable tool with whieh to draw sensitivity inferenees to give the eontribution of eaeh variable to the overall variability of the problem. Through its use, probabilistie methods provide a more effeetive way to determine key design parameters for an optimal solution (Comer and Kjerengtroen, 1996). From this and other information in Pareto Chart form, the designer ean quiekly foeus on the dominant variables. See Appendix XI for a worked example of sensitivity analysis in determining the varianee eontribution of eaeh of the design variables in a stress analysis problem. 

The so-called Q7 tools and techniques, Cause and Effect Diagrams, Pareto Analysis, etc. (Bicheno, 1994 Dale and McQuater, 1998 Straker, 1995), are applicable to any stage of the product development process. Indeed they support the working of some of the techniques mentioned, for example using a Pareto chart for prioritizing the potential risks in terms of the RPN index for a design as determined in FMEA (see Appendix III). 

Figure 4 Pareto chart of RPN values against potential cause of failure for the rear brake lever design...

Figure 3 Pareto chart showing the variance contribution of each design variable in the tension bar problem...

Plotting this data as a Pareto chart gives Figure 3. It shows that the load is the dominant variable in the problem and so the stress is very sensitive to changes in the load, but the dimensional variables have little impact on the problem. Under conditions where the standard deviation of the dimensional variables increased for whatever reason, their impact on the stress distribution would increase to the detriment of the contribution made by the load if its standard deviation remained the same. 

FIGURE 8 Standardized Pareto chart, tx, standardized effect of factor X tcriticai> critical t-value. 

Figure 1. Standardized Pareto chart for rate of reaction...

Pareto Chart The Pareto principle suggests a problem (effect) can be attributed to relatively few causes. In quantitative terms, 80% of the problems come from 20% of the causes (machines, raw materials, operators, etc.) therefore effort aimed at the right 20% can solve 80% of the problems. A Pareto chart includes three basic elements (1) the causes to the total effect, ranked by the magnitude of the contribution (2) the frequency of each cause and (3) the cumulative-percent-of-total effect of... 

FIGURE 2 A Pareto chart showing pharmacy errors. 

Figure 4.22. Pareto chart of the contributions to the uncertainty of the quantitative NMR analysis of Profenofos. The effects are a (intra), the intralaboratory precision P(std), the purity of the proton standard w, weighings of unknown and standard MW, the molecular weights of unknown and standard. (Data kindly supplied by T Saed Al-Deen.)...

A Pareto chart is used to display effects that sum to 100%. Bars represent individual effects, and a line is the cumulative effect (figure 6.10). The effects are ordered from the greatest to the least, and often show the Pareto principle that 20% of the effects contribute 80% of the uncertainty. 

Figure 6.10. Pareto chart of the contributions to the uncertainty in the quantitative NMR example.

A similar method proposed by Hoffmann [26] involves analyzing process alternatives based on two indices. The total armuabzed profit per service unit (TAPPS) and material intensity per service unit (MIPS) are calculated as economic and environmental factors, respectively. TAPPS is used to calculate the maximum profit per unit of product produced. MIPS is used to calculate the number of input and output streams in a process. MIPS was used based on the knowledge that a global reduction in material streams (solvents, reactants,) is necessary to lead toward sustainable development. TAPPS and MIPS are determined for several process alternatives, which are analyzed using a Pareto Chart for their feasibihty within a plant. However, MIPS does not account for the release of toxic solvents and reagents into the environment. Therefore it has been noted that it should be used in conjunction with LCA and other methods to avoid the use of highly toxic solvents and other raw materials [26]. 

The simplest way to analyse the effects is, perhaps, by means of proper graphics, among which the Pareto chart and the main effects or interactions effects plots are used widely. In a Pareto chart we represent the different effects ordered by magnitude (absolute value, on the vertical axis) and the magnitude... 

A review of all product-related investigations and LIRs, identifying any trends (with accompanying Pareto charts, if applicable). 

Pareto chart (description and/or cause) will be provided as an attachment. 

A useful plot for identifying factors that are important is a Pareto chart. The graph in Fig. 1 shows the t-test values in the horizontal axis and also includes a vertical line to indicate the p value (an effect that exceeds the vertical line maybe considered significant). As observed in the Pareto chart, enzyme concentration is the most significant variable influencing monolaurin molar fraction. 

A direct analysis of the results in Table 1 cannot be made the data presented do not enable verification of the significance of the parameters studied. The use of a Pareto chart is necessary. From the results of the conversion factor (YP/S), the main effects of the interactions were calculated... 

The stippled line in the Pareto chart in Fig. 3 indicates the minimal magnitude of the statistically significant effect for a 95% confidence level. Values presented in the horizontal columns correspond to the values of the student s t-test for each factor studied. Figures 4 and 5 present a better visualization of the effect of the factors studied on YP/S. Analogously,... 

Fig. 3. Pareto chart Xt concentration of substrate X2 aeration X3 agitation.

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