The underlying principles, techniques & methodology of robust design are discussed in detail in this report with a case study presented to appreciate the effectiveness of robust design. The importance of Parameter design & Tolerance design as the major elements in Quality engineering are described. The Quadratic loss functions for different quality characteristics are narrated, highlighting the...

Cloud Computing is a model for enabling ubiquitous, convenient, on-demand network access to a shared pool of configurable computing resources. Cloud Computing users prefer not to own physical infrastructure, but instead rent Cloud infrastructure, a Cloud platform or software, from a third-party provider. Sometimes, anomalies and defects affect a part of the Cloud platform, resulting in degradat...

Pharmaceutical companies are allowed to deal in generic or brand medications and medical devices. Thus it is essential that the product conforms to specified customer requirements. In order to analyse the performance of the process, the critical factors which influence the production are evaluated. The objective of the study is to simulate the pharmaceutical production line using ARENA software...

There has been great interest recently in the use of designed experiments to improve quality by reducing the variation of industrial products. A major stimulus has been Taguchi’s robust design scheme, in which experiments are used to detect factors that affect process variation. We study here one of Taguchi’s novel ideas, the use of noise factors to represent varying conditions in the manufactu...

BACKGROUND: The control of proliferation, differentiation and survival of normal and malignant cells in the tumour microenvironment is under the control of a wide range of different factors, including cell:cell interactions, cytokines, growth factors and hormonal influences. However, the ways in which these factors interact are poorly understood. In order to compare the effects of multiple vari...

In this paper, factorial design experiments and Taguchi methods have been used to monitor the quality of the incoming raw material, product quality during processing, and the final product quality of a process industry. The data collected and results obtained are presented and discussed. The analysis made on the experimental results provided information to improve the quality of the process ind...

In this study, dysfunctional cooperative learning teams are identified by comparing the Taguchi “larger-thebetter” quality index for the academic achievement of students in a cooperative learning condition with that of students in an individualistic learning condition. In performing the experiments, 42 sophomore mechanical engineering students are randomly assigned to the two learning condition...