Design of Experiments Process

The objectives for conducting a designed experiment are the following:

• Find the most important factors/variables affecting a response(s).
• Determine the best settings to improve the response(s) for the important factors.
• Determine the cost effective settings for the factors that are not important.
• Provide the required information in a timely, efficient and cost effective manner.

The Elements of an Experiment

The Design of Experiments Process

Benefits

• Manufacturing Cost Savings
  • Scrap
  • Inspection
  • Rework Losses
  • Capital Material
  • Variation
• Design Cost Savings
  • Delivery Cycle
  • Engineering Design Charges
  • Assembly Material, Labor and Overhead
  • Total Product Cost
• Marketing Cost Savings
  • Properly allocate resources
  • Stop spending on Promotions that Don’t Work
  • Better understand what makes Customers choose your business

Key Strengths

• Robustness against uncontrollable factors
• Obtains required information in a cost effective manner
• Identifies factors for cost savings
• Results are reproducible
• Can improve quality without incurring capital and material cost increases
• Separates the Vital Few from the Trivial Many

To get started we offer a Design of Experiments Basics Course