Capability Sixpack: Normal for Decrease Supply Chain Cost Per Unit

Use Capability Sixpack: Normal to demonstrate that a process is capable of meeting expectations for supply chain cost per unit.

This example applies to the Supply Chain Module. For more information, go to www.minitab.com/supply-chain-module.

Example

Supply chain cost per unit is the total supply chain costs divided by the number of units sold.

In this worksheet, Supply Chain Cost/Unit ($) is the data column.

Choose Solutions Modules > Functions > Supply Chain KPIs, then select Launch.
Under Costs, select Supply chain cost per unit.
Select Decrease supply chain cost per unit, then click OK.
Select Capability Sixpack: Normal, then click OK.
Under Data are arranged as, select Single column.
In Single column, enter the column that contains the supply chain cost per unit data.
In Subgroup size, enter 1.
In Upper spec, enter the upper specification limit for supply chain cost per unit. This is the highest supply chain cost per unit that is acceptable to your organization.
Click Transform, select Box-Cox power transformation (W = Y^λ). (This step is not necessary if your supply chain cost per unit data follow a bell-shaped pattern in the histogram.)
Click OK.

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