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...‐Hung Shu can be contacted at: workman@cc.kuas.edu.tw © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2007 Taguchi methods Estimation Approximation Supplier evaluation Manufacturers purchase components from suppliers or hire contract manufacturers to produce necessary parts, and assemble...

.... Design/methodology/approach House of Quality integrated with multivariate statistical analysis is used for determining important design features. These design features are used as parameters for conjoint analysis and Taguchi method, and then the results of analyses are compared. Sequential application...

...Chang Chung Li; Tsong Shin Sheu; Yuh Ren Wang Recently, Taguchi methods have become very popular among industries worldwide. Begins by reviewing the past discussion on quality engineering from viewpoints of Taguchi himself, practitioners and academic scholars. The weakness of Taguchi’s approach...