Taguchi's Quality Engineering Handbook

Genichi Taguchi is one of the most respected authorities on quality management and statistical methods in the world today. His concepts originally formed the basis of the management philosophies that put Japan on top of the business and technology world during the 1980s.

"This book is a great demonstration of this powerful approach andhow it can make a meaningful difference in any type of business. Ittakes a dedicated engineering approach to implement, but thepayback in customer satisfaction and growth is dramatic." --Lou Giuliano, chairman, president, and CEO, ITT Industries No other single volume presents the full breadth of foundingbeliefs behind the successful engineering practices used by today'sleading companies. Helpful to companies in both manufacturing andservice industries, Taguchi's Quality Engineering Handbookprovides accessible material on such topics as: * Quality loss function * On-line quality engineering * Signal-to-noise ratio * Robust engineering * Design of experiments (known as the "Taguchi method") * Mahalanobis-Taguchi Systems (MTS) * and more. Prize or Award * AAP Awards for Excellence in Professional and ScholarlyPublishing, 2006