A Belt gathered the following defect data for a trouser production line and wanted to assemble it into a Pareto Chart. The correct order from left to right in the chart would be: Data:Cutting29…

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Options

• ASealing, Forming, Cutting, Stitching
• BCutting, Stitching, Sealing, Forming
• CStitching, Forming, Cutting, Sealing
• DForming, Cutting, Sealing, Stitching

• A
  75% (24)
• B
  3% (1)
• C
  6% (2)
• D
  16% (5)

Explanation

Option A is correct because a Pareto Chart always arranges bars in descending order from left to right - highest defect count to lowest. Sorting the data: Sealing (51) → Forming (43) → Cutting (29) → Stitching (17) gives exactly the sequence in choice A.

• B is wrong - it's roughly ascending order, the opposite of Pareto convention.
• C is wrong - it starts with the lowest count (Stitching, 17) and ends with the highest (Sealing, 51), which is completely reversed.
• D is wrong - while it starts with the second-highest (Forming), it misplaces Sealing at the end when Sealing has the most defects and must appear first.

Memory tip: Think "Pareto = Priority" - the most impactful (largest) bar always goes first, just like prioritizing the biggest problems first in Six Sigma. If your chart looks like a staircase going down from left to right, you've got it right.

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