Heiderberg Manufacturing Specifies the Quality Characteristic for One of Its $\pm$

question 48

Multiple Choice

Heiderberg Manufacturing specifies the quality characteristic for one of its key components to be 154" $\pm$ 4.The cost of failure is estimated to be $8,000 per unit.Using the Taguchi Loss Function the firm has estimated the loss,L(x) ,at the quality characteristic that the firm has experienced,x,to be $4,500.What is the estimated loss if the deviation from the value of the quality characteristic doubled?

• A)$4,000.
• B)$9,000.
• C)$16,000.
• D)$18,000.
• E)$32,000.

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