Genichi Taguchi Is a Major Japanese Contributor to Quality Management

question 105

Multiple Choice

Genichi Taguchi is a major Japanese contributor to quality management. Which of the following perspectives or tools did Taguchi bring to QM?

• A) He viewed any lack of quality as a loss to society.
• B) Taguchi developed a "loss function" to measure the costs of quality losses that decision makers could use to guide their QM efforts.
• C) Taguchi applied experimental design to quality assessment.
• D) Each answer is a perspective or tool from Taguchi.

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Definitions:

Total Manufacturing Costs

The sum of all costs directly related to the production of goods, including direct materials, direct labor, and manufacturing overhead.

Raw materials

Basic substances in their natural, modified, or semi-processed state, used as inputs for production.

Finished Goods Inventory

The stock of completed products that are ready to be sold but have not yet been purchased by consumers.

Direct Materials

Raw materials that are directly traceable to the manufacturing of a product.