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Introduced by Dr. Genichi Taguchi in 1980 Came into existence after world war 2 to support poor communication system in Japan Was implemented by American companies in the same year (1980) Supported by

fractional factorial method

Taguchi methods are statistical methods developed by Genichi Taguchi to improve the quality of manufactured goods and are being applied in following fields: Engineering Biotechnology Marketing Advertisement

Statistical principles which led to Taguchis method: A specific Loss Function Offline quality control Innovations in the design of experiments Taguchi designed experiments using especially constructed tables known as orthogonal arrays (OA) Taguchis method focuses on giving robust design

Taguchi s method is applied in four steps: Brainstorm the quality characteristics and design parameter important to product/process Design and conduct experiments Analyze the results to determine the optimum condition Run a confirmative test using the optimum conditions

Taguchis method focuses on robust design leading to robustness in the quality Lower quality parts/ parts with high tolerance can be used to make quality product Saves the company money because, the less variable the parts can be the more they cost Customers demand of robustness in the product is satisfied

Small test sizes Requires specialized design of experiment(DOE) knowledge to properly setup the test Requires specialized statistical knowledge to understand the results Fractional factorial method assumes that interaction between variables does not exist.

Genichi Taguchi has made valuable contributions to statistics and engineering. Although some of the aspects of the Taguchi methods are disputable, there is no dispute that they are widely applied to various processes . Taguchi method is still being applied in VLSI and banking etc To conclude , we can say that

is still successful

Taguchi method