The Project Technologies Group - Product and Process Design Improvement Using the Taguchi Approach


Module Summary	This seminar with hands-on application workshop prepares attendees for immediate applications of the Taguchi experimental design technique for product and process improvement.
	DAY 1 Overview- concepts of quality engineering New Definition of Quality Loss to the society from poor quality Standardized technique Measuring cost of quality by Loss Function Review basic concepts in experimental design Types of factors and levels Common experiment designs Orthogonal array vs. one-factor-at-a-time experiments Project objective Evaluation Criteria Need for combining multiple evaluation criteria into a single index Experiments designed using orthogonal arrays Experiments with all factors at one level Experiments mixed level factors Experiments to study interaction Trade off between factors and interactions Test for presence of interactions Test for relative influence of interaction Basic analysis and strategy for experimentation DAY 2 Experiments with mixed level factors Upgrading 2-level columns into a 4-level array Downgrading (dummy treatment) columns 15 different experiments using an L-8 array Combination Design (special design tool) Strategy for Robust Designs New attitude toward uncontrollable factors Outer array for robust design	DAY 3 An overview of Systems with Dynamic Response Understanding dynamic systems Analysis of Results Main effect study for influence of factors ANOVA for relative influence of factors Performance at optimum condition Confidence level and interval (C.I.) Transformation of S/N data Brainstorming for experimental design TEAM: the new disciplines in workplace Order of discussions in planning session Participants and facilitation of planning Computation of cost/ LOSS FUNCTION Reference and Application assistance Project application guidelines Design and analysis using computer software DAY 4 Group reviews and exercise Computer Software (Qualitek-4) Class project & presentation by the groups
Who Should Attend	Product/Process Design Engineer, R&D Scientists, or QA Personnel, Manufacturing. Manager, Director or Senior Engineer (who wish to lead, teach, and introduce this technique within your organization), Instructor in academic institution, Consultant and Trainer (who wish to help their clients work with interdisciplinary teams and optimize product designs and solve production problems)
Deliverables	This 4-day seminar will prepare you for immediate applications. The goal is to make you ready to apply the technique in your performance improvement and variation reduction projects. You will know how to plan, and lay out experiments.
Prerequisites	There is no minimum educational background requirement for this seminar. However, two or more years of college education in any field of science or engineering are helpful.
Program Length	4 days