Purpose–The purpose of this article is to provide an extensive review of the barriers faced by
engineers when applying design of experiments (DoE). The aim is to help new practitioners …

Although design of experiments (DoE) is a common feature of statistics and quality literature,
it is insufficiently used in industry. Surveys and numerous articles alike have verified that a …

Shainin design of experiments (DOE) offers a powerful and effective experimental design
approach for solving the chronic quality problems that plague manufacturers worldwide …

The improvement of business processes is a necessary part of innovations in business,
aimed at improving of customer satisfaction and achieving more reliable productions. The …

Robust design (RD) is a framework for designing products and processes which perform
consistently in spite of variations. Although it is well described in literature, research shows …

An extensive literature review was carried out to detect why design of experiments (DoE) is
not widely used among engineers in Europe. Once 16 main barriers were identified, a …

Researchers have promoted statistical improvement methods as essential for product and
process improvement for decades. However, studies show that their use has been moderate …

This research study proposes an innovative analysis for controlling the defects in aluminium
die casting business. Six Sigma DMAIC (define, measure, analyse, improve, control) …

Sažetak The objective of this research is to investigate attitudes of management in Croatian
small enterprises that use statistical methods towards statistical thinking in order to gain an …

In industrial problems, it is necessary to give importance to the whole experimental process,
especially the planning stage, where there are different factors that can strongly affect the …