COURSE UNIT TITLE

: EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN AND TAGUCHI TECHNIQUES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
UKY 8017 EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN AND TAGUCHI TECHNIQUES ELECTIVE 2 0 0 5

Offered By

Distance Learning Non-thesis Master's Degree in Quality Management (M.Sc.)

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR ALI KEMAL ŞEHIRLIOĞLU

Offered to

Distance Learning Non-thesis Master's Degree in Quality Management (M.Sc.)

Course Objective

the objective is this course is to explain experimental design techniques which are used for improvement of design quality and became a milestone thanks to japanise quality guru Genichi Taguchi.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   to be able to design experiments in product/process design.
2   to be able to analyze statistically the results of experiments.
3   to be able to optimize the process according to the results of the experiment.
4   to know experimental design methods proposed by Taguchi.
5   to know Taguchi's loss function concept.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 using experimental design in product and process improvement
2 experiments with one factor
3 full factorial designs with two levels 1
4 full factorial designs with two levels 2
5 fractional factorial designs with two levels
6 blocking in fractional factorial designs with two levels
7 factorial designs with three levels 1
8 factorial designs with three levels 2
9 Taguchi's loss function
10 Taguchi approach to experimental design 1
11 Taguchi approach to experimental design 2
12 signal to noise ratios 1
13 signal to noise ratios 2
14 response surface designs and process optimization

Recomended or Required Reading

Kalite için Deney Tasarımı: Taguchi Teknikleri, Mete Şırvancı

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1- Class Lecturing , 2- Lectures on applications , 3- Presentations of Case Studies,
4- Discussion and analysis of case studies

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.20 + FIN* 0.80
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.20 + RST* 0.80


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

To be announced.

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 3 42
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Preparing assignments 1 15 15
Final 1 3 3
Midterm 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 125

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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LO.133543
LO.233543
LO.333543
LO.43543
LO.53543