Quality management research by considering multi-response problems in the Taguchi method – a review

Abstract

Off-line quality control is considered to be an effective approach to improve product quality at a relatively low cost. The Taguchi method is one of the conventional approaches for this purpose. Through this approach, engineers can determine a feasible combination of design parameters such that the variability of a product’s response can be reduced and the mean is close to the desired target. Most previous applications of the Taguchi method only emphasize single-response problems, while the multi-response problems have received relatively little attention. However, several correlated quality characteristics of a product are usually considered for product quality by a consumer. Though a lot of research is being done on this subject, there is ample scope for applying quality by design concepts, especially when dealing with multi-response variables. This paper presents a literature review on solving multi-response problems in the Taguchi method.