061 – Taguchi, Pugh, DFSS, Robust Design and Tolerancing with Skip Creveling

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November 30, 2022

061 – Taguchi, Pugh, DFSS, Robust Design and Tolerancing with Skip Creveling

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Show Notes

On this episode, I was joined by Skip Creveling, President and Founder of PDSS Inc.

Skip walks through:

Learning from Genichi Taguchi and Stuart Pugh

The 7 Steps to Robust Design

Design for Six Sigma(DFSS)

Six Sigma in Marketing

Tolerancing and Critical Parameters

Clyde "Skip" Creveling is the President & Founder of PDSS Inc. Skip has led the DFSS initiatives at Merck, Motorola, Carrier Corporation, StorageTek, Cummins Engine, Becton-Dickinson, Mine Safety Appliances, Callaway Golf, 3M, Samsung SDI, Sequa Corp. and Universal Instruments. Prior to founding PDSS, Skip worked at Eastman Kodak for 17 years as a product development engineer within the Office Imaging Division and spent more than 10 years as a systems engineer for Heidelberg Digital as a member of the System Engineering Group. Skip also served an Assistant Professor at Rochester Institute of Technology, developing and teaching undergraduate and graduate courses in mechanical engineering design, product and production system development, concept design, robust design, and tolerance design. Skip is also a certified expert in Taguchi Methods.

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