1. A metal fabricator produces connecting rods with an outer diameter that has a 1 ± 0.01 inch specification. A machine operator takes several sample measurements over time and determines the sample mean outer diameter to be 1.004 inches with a standard deviation of 0.003 inch.

Calculate the process capability index for this example. (Round your answer to 3 decimal places.)

Process capability index.

2. An airline company must plan its fleet capacity and its? long-term schedule of aircraft usage. For one flight? segment, the average number of customers per day is? 70, which represents a 65 percent utilization rate of the equipment assigned to the flight segment. If demand is expected to increase to 89 89 customers for this flight segment in three? years, what capacity requirement should be? planned? Assume that management deems that a capacity cushion of 20 20 percent is appropriate.

The needed capacity requirement is ____ customers per day. ?(Enter your response rounded up to the next whole? number.)