Why/When is Taguchi Method

Appropriate?
Tip #4
Robust design improves QUALITY at all
the life stages at the design stage itself

Friday, 11th May 2001

Tip #4
Robust design improves QUALITY at all
the stages at the

design stage

The four stages are

Design
Manufacturing
Customer usage
Aging

itself

PRODUCT LIFE CYCLE

Every product life cycle has four stages
Design
Manufacturing
Customer usage
Aging
Every stage has a " product quality " associated with it
Conventional design methods improve " quality "
at each stage only after
the product passes through that stage

Robust design improves " quality "

at all the stages at the design stage itself

CAUSES OF "VARIATIONS" - NOISE FACTORS

UNIT TO UNIT
VARIATIONS
R A W M A T E R IA L S

OPERATING
CONDITIONS
ENVIRONMENT

DETERIORATION
(AGING)
CO M PO N EN TS

TEM PERATURE
M A N U F A C T U R IN G
EQUIPMENT

H U M ID IT Y
DUST
S U P P LY V O LT A G E

W O R K M A N S H IP

EM I
V IB R A T IO N S
H UM AN ERRO R
LOADING
H EAVY DUTY
L IG H T D U T Y

C O N SU M ABLES

How to minimize the effects of all

manufacturing variations right at the design stage?

Variations during Manufacturing

Raw materials
Equipment
Workmanship

Variations during Operation/Use

Environment
Temperature, humidity,
supply voltage, EMI,
dust, vibration

Human error
Loading
Heavy duty, light duty

Variations due to aging (over time)

Components
Consumables

Include these as NoIsE while

conducting Matrix experiment

How to minimize the effects of all

operating variations right at the design stage?

Variations during Manufacturing

Raw materials
Equipment
Workmanship

Variations during Operation/Use

Environment
Temperature, humidity,
supply voltage, EMI,
dust, vibration

Human error
Loading
Heavy duty, light duty

Variations due to aging (over time)

Components
Consumables

Include these as
additional
testing
conditions for
measurements

Normal
testing
conditions
are for
capturing
the effect of
NoIsE
included
during the
Matrix
experiments

How to minimize the effects of all

variations due to aging right at the design stage?

Variations during Manufacturing

Raw materials
Equipment
Workmanship

Variations during Operation/Use

Environment

Temperature, humidity,
supply voltage, EMI,
dust, vibration

Human error
Loading

Heavy duty, light duty

Variations due to aging (deterioration over time)

Components
Include these deteriorations as NoIsE
while conducting Matrix experiment

Consumables

Include these as additional testing

conditions for measurements

How to minimize the effects

of all
causes of variations right at the design stage?
Variations during Manufacturing
Raw materials
Equipment
Workmanship

Include these as NoIsE while

conducting Matrix experiment

Variations during Operation/Use

Environment
Temperature, humidity,
supply voltage, EMI,
dust, vibration

Human error
Loading

Include these as
additional testing
conditions for
measurements

Heavy duty, light duty

Variations due to aging (over time)

Components
Consumables

Include these deteriorations as NoIsE

while conducting Matrix experiment
and/or as additional testing conditions

Normal
testing
conditions
are for
capturing the
effect of
NoIsE
included
during the
Matrix
experiments

More Tips
16.

Links below

Taguchi Method

r n

1st Priority : Va ia ce R duction

2nd Priority : Factor Effects

Friday, 3rd Aug 2001

15.

inner L9 array with

outer L4 and L9 NoIsE arrays

Friday, 27th July 2001

14.

Taguchi Method
inner L18 array with
outer L4 and L9 NoIsE arrays

13.

Friday, 20th July 2001

Taguchi Method
Why/When is Taguchi Method not Appropriate?

Friday, 13th July 2001

Tips 12, 11, 10

More Tips
12. Taguchi Method

Links below
Friday, 6th July 2001

inner L8 array with

outer L4 and L9 NoIsE arrays

11. Taguchi Method

Friday, 29th June 2001

Useful at ALL Life-stages of a Process or

Product

10. Taguchi Method

Friday, 22nd June 2001

Performs Process centering or fine tuning

Tips 9, 8, 7

More Tips
9.

Taguchi Method

Links below
Friday, 15th June 2001

Identifies the right NoIsE factor(s)

for Tolerance Design

10. Taguchi Method

Friday, 8th June 2001

Finds best settings to optimize

TWO quality characteristics Simultaneously
7.

Taguchi Method

Friday, 1st June 2001

When to select a Larger OA to perform

Factorial Experiments

Tips 6, 5, 4

More Tips
6.

Taguchi Method

Links below
Friday, 25th May 2001

Using Orthogonal Arrays for Generating

Balanced Combinations of NoIsE Factors

5.

Taguchi Method

Friday, 18th May 2001

Signal-to-Noise Ratio for Quality

Characteristics

approaching IDEAL value

Friday, 11th May 2001

4. Taguchi Method
improves " quality at all the life stages
at the design stage itself

Tips 3, 2, 1

More Tips
3.

Taguchi Method
Appropriate for Concurrent Engineering

Links below
Friday, 4th May 2001

Friday, 27th April 2001

2.

1.

Taguchi Method can study Interaction

between Noise Factors and Control
Factors
Taguchis Signal-to-Noise Ratios are in
Log form

Friday, 6th April 2001

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