Worksheetstaguchi technique and rubust design
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 20mins
Which statement(s) related to DFMA is/are correct?
During operation of the product, does the part move relative to all other parts already
assembled?
Must the part be of different material or be isolated from all other parts already assembled?
Must the part be separate from all other parts already assembled?
All of the above.
Which statement(s) related to DFMA is/are correct?
During operation of the product, does the part move relative to all other parts already
assembled?
Must the part be of different material or be isolated from all other parts already assembled?
Must the part be separate from all other parts already assembled?
All of the above.
Which of the following would be a useful contributor to a strategy of mass customization?
modular design
offshoring
economies of scale
fixed automation
One of the disadvantages of standardization is:
greater customer satisfaction.
better responsiveness to changes in demand.
early freezing of product designs.
shorter product life cycles.
Which name is most closely associated with robust design?
Taguchi
Ford
Smith
McCaskey
McGinnis
Which technique is associated with mass customization?
a moving assembly line
robust design
use of a product-process matrix
concurrent engineering
delayed differentiation
Which one of these specifies that a product must be suitable for its intended use?
federal product guidelines
NAFTA
the Uniform Commercial Code
the International Bureau of Standards
The term "voice of the customer" is associated with:
the Taguchi approach.
concurrent engineering.
quality function deployment.
service blueprinting.
Delayed differentiation can be useful for
mass customization.
outsourcing.
postponing calculus solutions.
production lines.
The term associated with incorporating customer ideas in product design is:
the Taguchi approach.
quality function deployment.
mass customization.
value analysis.
3. The questions that a case study answers are:
A. What and where
B. How and who
C. Why and how
D. When and why
4. A characteristic of the case study is:
A. The in-depth study of social groups.
B. The relevance of analyzing processes rather than single pieces of data
C. The creation of stories about the people under study
D. The proposal of studies to take place in the classroom
Who is considered to be the father of Six Sigma?
Bill Smith
Walter Shewhart
Jack Welch
None
The concept of Six Sigma was developed by the following company.
General Electric
Motorola
Honeywell
DuPont
Six Sigma strategies seek to improve the quality of the output of a process by
identifying the causes of defects
removing the causes of defects
minimizing variability in manufacturing
all of the above
Combination of Six Sigma and Lean manufacturing is known as
Advanced Six Sigma
Lean Six Sigma
Operational Six Sigma
None
“DMAIC” is used for projects aimed at
improving an existing business process
creating new product or process designs
Both (A) and (B)
None of the above
In “DMAIC”, M stands for
Measure
Method
Machine
Manpower
The percentage yield in Six Sigma is
93.3
99.38
99.977
99.99966
Six Sigma is a managerial approach designed to create processes resulting in at most how many defects?
340 defects per million
34 defects per 100,000
34 defects out of 10,000
3.4 defects per million
