An application of Taguchi method of experimental design for new product design and development process

Assembly Automation

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 18-24

  Antony, Jiju ^a   Perry, Daniel ^a   Wang, Chengbo ^a   Kumar, Maneesh ^a  

^a GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Analysis of variance; Case studies; Design management; Experimental design; Taguchi methods

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILES; CUSTOMER SATISFACTION; IGNITION SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE; OPTIMIZATION; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT;

IGNITION COIL; TAGUCHI METHOD; VARIANCE ANALYSIS;

PRODUCT DESIGN;

EID: 33644659460     PISSN: 01445154     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01445150610645611     Document Type: Article

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