Quality by Design

Chapter Objectives
• Brief overview of Quality by Design
• Understanding the change to multidisciplinary
teams by studying the team structure and the
role of top management
• Implementing quality by design
 Introduction
• Quality by design is the practice of using a
multidisciplinary team to conduct conceptual
thinking, product design and production
planning all at one time
Sequential Engineering– Product Development
Flow Diagram
Product Definition

Design

Verification

Prototype

Manufacturing
Testability
Serviceability
Redesign
Quality
Reliability
Assembly

Reverification

Reprototype Test Generation Manufacturing Test

Quality by Design – Product Development Flow
Diagram
Customer
Management
Engineering

Product
Manufacturing Definition Suppliers

Marketability Assembly

Manufacturability Serviceability

Testability Cost
Design

Performance Quality

Verification
Aesthetics Reliability

Prototype

Test Generation Manufacturing Test

 Rationale for Implementation
• Design changes that occur late in PDC cause
increase lead times and higher costs
• QbD helps control design changes for by
shifting all the design to the beginning of the
project rather than throughout PDC
• Quicker response to customer needs
• Lower reject and scrap rates improve profits