Renaud and our senior engineer Paul Adams discuss the Taguchi method, also known as Robust Design. The Taguchi method is a tool used in engineering and manufacturing to improve product and process quality and reduce defects at an early stage. It is a statistical analysis approach used early in the product development process that reduces your costs and improves product quality and reliability, so is a popular way to develop products that are less risky to manufacture.
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Episode sections
- 00:00 – Introduction.
- 01:07 – What is the Taguchi method? (Summary)
- 04:01 – Would a Taguchi method analysis point out risks and provide solutions about how to change the product design and/or manufacturing processes so the product could be made consistently well?
- 06:36 – Example: Plastic injection molding.
- 12:25 – Taguchi method is not a recent innovation, it’s a well-established methodology.
- 18:03 – What do you need for good finished products?
- 21:05 – Benefits of doing early Taguchi analysis.
- 24:54 – The concept of value loss.
- 30:49 – How do teams who try to develop a new product without using the Taguchi methodology usually get on?
- 34:13 – When to follow a Taguchi testing approach?
- 36:50 – Caution: Statistical approaches are not a magic bullet.
- 38:49 – Wrapping up.
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