Taguchi Design optimization using multivariate process capability index

Abstract

The Taguchi method is a useful technique to improve the performance of products or processes at a lower cost and in less time. This procedure can be categorized in the static and dynamic quality characteristics. The optimization of multiple responses has received increasing attention over the last few years in many manufacturing organizations. Several approaches dealing with multiple static quality characteristic problems have been reported in the literature. However, little attention has been made on optimizing the multiple dynamic quality characteristics. In this paper, we investigate multivariate signal response systems (Dynamic Taguchi) and propose a method based on multivariate process capability. Simulated data shows that the proposed method can increase robustness of dynamic Taguchi method. Furthermore, proposed method is capable to find the optimal value of controllable factors in a continuous space.