Title :
Engineering design, the fount of quality
Abstract :
Over several decades the focus of statistical quality control has moved progressively from the customer interface, back through production, to research and product development. Statistical methods can be carried right back to the head-waters of engineering design with supremely attractive downstream benefits. The author describes the benefits of variance synthesis.
Keywords :
design engineering; customer interface; engineering design; product development; production; research and development; statistical methods; statistical quality control; variance synthesis;
Journal_Title :
Engineering Management Journal
DOI :
10.1049/em:20000410
