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IAP 2002 Activity


Introduction to Robust Design, Reliability and Quality Techniques
Bill Phillips
Thu Jan 24, 01-04:00pm, E51-376

No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
Prereq: none

The basics techniques and principles of Robust Design, Reliability and Quality will be presented. These three disciplines represent fundamentally different ways to view Product Development. The major principles and methods in these disciplines will be presented.
Robustness is the ability of a design to produce products whose performance does not vary significantly over their life in the environments of use. Reliability is the discipline that evaluates the likelihood of failure. The Quality philosophies of Demming, Juran and Crosby will be overviewed and summaries of the major methods will be presented.
Contact: Bill Phillips, billips@mit.edu
Sponsor: Sloan School of Management
Latest update: 05-Nov-2001


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