1. Describe ways that the top management team, midlevel managers, and operating employees can participate in each step of the control process. Do all participate equally in each step, or are some steps better suited for personnel at one level? Explain your answer.
2. Linda? Boardman, Inc., an equipment manufacturer in? Boston, has submitted a sample cutoff valve to improve your manufacturing process. Your process engineering department has conducted experiments and found that the valve has a mean (μ?) of 9.00 and a standard deviation (σ?) of 0.04. Your desired performance is μ = 9.00 ±3 standard? deviations, where σ = 0.020 For the given? information, the process capability index (Cpk?) ?= nothing
?(round your response to three decimal? places).