Research Article

Factorial Design-Based Process Optimization for Continuous Quality Improvement

Volume: 7 Number: 2 December 30, 2020
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Factorial Design-Based Process Optimization for Continuous Quality Improvement

Abstract

The design of the experiment plays a key role to develop a new process or improve an existing process. In the literature, factorial experimental designs are used for continuous quality improvement. This paper presents a novel methodology with a factorial experimental design in order to conduct an experiment data analysis for the optimization of design factors. The proposed methodology has five main steps. The first step is related to pre-experimental planning. The second step is the experimental phase with a factorial design. The third step analyzes data for an experiment. Next, a factorial design-based optimization model is firstly developed to get the optimal settings of design factors. The last step is the conclusions and recommendations step in order to validate the conclusions from the experiment. Finally, comparison studies are performed using the different target values for a numerical example from the current literature. In addition, it was concluded that the proposed factorial design-based process optimization model could reduce more variance based on the specified target value.

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

Engineering

Journal Section

Research Article

Publication Date

December 30, 2020

Submission Date

November 28, 2019

Acceptance Date

August 12, 2020

Published in Issue

Year 2020 Volume: 7 Number: 2

APA
Özdemir, A., Uçurum, M., & Serencam, H. (2020). Factorial Design-Based Process Optimization for Continuous Quality Improvement. Bilecik Şeyh Edebali Üniversitesi Fen Bilimleri Dergisi, 7(2), 660-669. https://doi.org/10.35193/bseufbd.651919
AMA
1.Özdemir A, Uçurum M, Serencam H. Factorial Design-Based Process Optimization for Continuous Quality Improvement. Bilecik Şeyh Edebali Üniversitesi Fen Bilimleri Dergisi. 2020;7(2):660-669. doi:10.35193/bseufbd.651919
Chicago
Özdemir, Akın, Metin Uçurum, and Hüseyin Serencam. 2020. “Factorial Design-Based Process Optimization for Continuous Quality Improvement”. Bilecik Şeyh Edebali Üniversitesi Fen Bilimleri Dergisi 7 (2): 660-69. https://doi.org/10.35193/bseufbd.651919.
EndNote
Özdemir A, Uçurum M, Serencam H (December 1, 2020) Factorial Design-Based Process Optimization for Continuous Quality Improvement. Bilecik Şeyh Edebali Üniversitesi Fen Bilimleri Dergisi 7 2 660–669.
IEEE
[1]A. Özdemir, M. Uçurum, and H. Serencam, “Factorial Design-Based Process Optimization for Continuous Quality Improvement”, Bilecik Şeyh Edebali Üniversitesi Fen Bilimleri Dergisi, vol. 7, no. 2, pp. 660–669, Dec. 2020, doi: 10.35193/bseufbd.651919.
ISNAD
Özdemir, Akın - Uçurum, Metin - Serencam, Hüseyin. “Factorial Design-Based Process Optimization for Continuous Quality Improvement”. Bilecik Şeyh Edebali Üniversitesi Fen Bilimleri Dergisi 7/2 (December 1, 2020): 660-669. https://doi.org/10.35193/bseufbd.651919.
JAMA
1.Özdemir A, Uçurum M, Serencam H. Factorial Design-Based Process Optimization for Continuous Quality Improvement. Bilecik Şeyh Edebali Üniversitesi Fen Bilimleri Dergisi. 2020;7:660–669.
MLA
Özdemir, Akın, et al. “Factorial Design-Based Process Optimization for Continuous Quality Improvement”. Bilecik Şeyh Edebali Üniversitesi Fen Bilimleri Dergisi, vol. 7, no. 2, Dec. 2020, pp. 660-9, doi:10.35193/bseufbd.651919.
Vancouver
1.Akın Özdemir, Metin Uçurum, Hüseyin Serencam. Factorial Design-Based Process Optimization for Continuous Quality Improvement. Bilecik Şeyh Edebali Üniversitesi Fen Bilimleri Dergisi. 2020 Dec. 1;7(2):660-9. doi:10.35193/bseufbd.651919