A latent space-based multivariate capability index: A new paradigm for raw material supplier selection in industry 4.0
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Abstract
We present a novel Latent Space-based Multivariate Capability Index ( LSb-MC pk ) aligned with the Quality by Design initiative and used as a criterion for ranking and selecting suppliers for a particular raw material used in a manufacturing process. The novelty of this new index is that, contrary to other multivariate capability indexes that are defined either in the raw material space or in the Critical Quality Attributes (CQAs) space of the product manufactured, this new LSb-MC pk is defined in the latent space connecting both spaces. This endows the new index with a clear advantage over classical ones as it quantifies the capacity of each raw material supplier of providing assurance of quality with a certain confidence level for the CQAs of the manufactured product before manufacturing a single unit of the product. All we need is a rich database with historical information of several raw material properties along with the CQAs. Besides, we present a novel methodology to carry out the diagnosis for assignable causes when a supplier does not score a good capability index. The proposed LSb-MC pk is based on Partial Least Squares (PLS) regression, and it is illustrated using data from both an industrial and a simulation study. • A novel multivariate capability index for assessing suppliers of raw materials. • Provides assurance of quality for the CQAs before manufacturing a single unit. • Unlike traditional capability indexes, the proposed one operates in the latent space. • Provides suppliers ranking, selection and diagnosis of assignable causes.
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How this classification was reachedexpand
Full frame machine prediction
Teacher imitationNot calibrated prevalence, not ground truth. Human validation pending. The Gemma side is a direct model label for every work in the frame, read from the title-only record. The Codex side is a classifier learned from the 10,348 direct Codex labels and calibrated to design-weighted sample rates; fields without enough sample support carry no Codex call. Candidate is the union of the two sides; consensus is their intersection. These outputs are machine_predicted_unvalidated and are not human labels.
Distilled classifier scores by category (both heads)
| Category | Codex | Gemma |
|---|---|---|
| Metaresearch | 0.005 | 0.011 |
| Meta-epidemiology (narrow) | 0.002 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (broad) | 0.001 | 0.001 |
| Bibliometrics | 0.010 | 0.008 |
| Science and technology studies | 0.001 | 0.002 |
| Scholarly communication | 0.004 | 0.005 |
| Open science | 0.002 | 0.003 |
| Research integrity | 0.001 | 0.002 |
| Insufficient payload (model declined to judge) | 0.003 | 0.001 |
Machine scores (provisional)
The two teacher heads of the student model, read on this work. A score orders the frame for review; it never asserts a category, and the validation status ships verbatim with every row.
Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.
score_only:v0-immature-baseline · verbatim from the scoring run: score_only means the number may rank works, and no category label ships from itClassification
machine, unvalidatedMachine predicted; a candidate call from one source (direct Gemma or distilled Codex), not a consensus.
How this classification was reached, model by model and score by score, is at the end of the page under "How this classification was reached".