Development of product family-based robust design: a case study
by Jami Kovach, Byung Rae Cho
International Journal of Six Sigma and Competitive Advantage (IJSSCA), Vol. 1, No. 4, 2005

Abstract: As markets continue to globalise, product diversification and manufacturing flexibility have become requirements for competitive advantage. However, companies have difficultly developing new high-quality products that simultaneously minimise manufacturing complexity. Interrelated products, such as product families, are one solution to this problem. Robust design techniques based on the concept of building quality into a design are increasingly popular in industry. However, developing product families using robust design techniques has not been fully addressed in the literature and consequently is not being used in industry. Therefore, in this paper we develop a new design methodology called Product Family-Based Robust Design to address this area of research. A case study using this approach is presented, and the results are compared to that of the traditional robust design methodology.

Online publication date: Sat, 24-Dec-2005

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