What People are saying about Robust Engineering

"The next step is called `robust technology development,' which emphasizes technology readiness, flexibility, and reproducibility. Some engineers in Japan have been using it for several years, as have their colleagues in Taiwan."
- David C. Smith and Jon Lowell (WARD'S Auto World - March 1994)

"Firefighting and problem solving may help reduce costs, but it may reduce costs that should not have occurred in the first place, if the product/process had been designed for robustness from the start."
-Shin Taguchi

"Decisions affecting quality are being made even in the R&D phase, therefore the earlier the application, as Robust Technology Development, the greater benefit to the company."
- Madhav Phadke (Mechanical Engineering, July 1992)