Open AccessTaguchi Philosophy of Engineering Quality
Author(s) -
Vivek Srinivas
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
pacific international journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2663-8991
pISSN - 2616-4825
DOI - 10.55014/pij.v1i1.39
Subject(s) - design for six sigma , quality function deployment , six sigma , taguchi methods , total quality management , quality (philosophy) , kaizen , customer satisfaction , quality costs , quality management , reliability (semiconductor) , engineering , surprise , quality assurance , manufacturing engineering , engineering management , process management , computer science , operations management , marketing , business , value engineering , cost control , lean manufacturing , management system , philosophy , external quality assessment , psychology , social psychology , power (physics) , epistemology , quantum mechanics , machine learning , physics
Most technology development engineers use traditional reliability engineering methods to calibrate the objective functions of their new systems to meet various marketing requirements. Quality is related to products and services to customer satisfaction. Cost reduction and quality improvement is vital to business. Therefore it is no surprise that both consumers and management are so obsessed with the term quality that a separate branch of quality engineering has been developed. Quite a few glorified terminologies have cropped up such as total quality management (TQM), Quality Function Development (QFD), ISO9000, Continuous quality improvement or KAIZEN, and more popularly six sigma design. These are management-oriented and rather incomprehensible to an average engineer. In contrast, Taguchi methods are easier to comprehend and adopt. They are also based on some common sense ideas. The management's interest was evoked owing to the claimed economic consequences of Taguchi methods of reduced cost with improved quality and consequent consumer satisfaction.