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1. The 99.7% on the Report, but Not on the Production Line A wave soldering process in an electronics company has had a …
One: 16 Trials Done, but the Conclusion is "Wasted Effort" Engineer Xiao Lin at an electronics factory was assigned a we…
Many companies, after introducing Design of Experiments DOE , focus all their efforts on "designing the plan": how many …
In deep quality improvement efforts, almost everyone hits the same wall: there are seven or eight influencing factors, e…
Many quality professionals complete full factorial experiments in Design of Experiments DOE but get stuck at the final s…
Many quality professionals get stuck on model selection when they start learning DOE: they know how to handle a few fact…
1. DOE is Not a Synonym for "Conducting More Trials" Many companies follow a strikingly similar process when implementin…
Abstract : Even when the parameters of a product are set to the "best," issues often arise during mass production—materi…
When process issues involve many candidate factors and the cost of experiments is high, quality professionals often find…
In product development, many assembly issues and functional failures often stem not from a single part being poorly made…
Abstract : Quality improvement for formulation products adhesives, coatings, foods, rubbers, etc. is often fraught with …
Abstract : Process parameters are often "tested" one by one—adjust one parameter, observe the result, and then move on t…