What are the advantages of robust design?
Robust design has many advantages. For one, the effect of robustness on quality is great. Robustness reduces variation in parts by reducing the effects of uncontrollable variation. More consistent parts equals better quality. Another advantage is that lower quality parts or parts with higher tolerances can be used and a quality product can still be made. This saves the company money, because the less variable the parts can be the more they cost. A third advantage is that the product will have more appeal to the customer. Customers demand a robust product that won’t be as vulnerable to deterioration and can be used in a variety of situations. This method is also good, because you are designing the robustness into the product and process instead of trying to fix variation problem after they occur. What are the disadvantages of robust design? One of the disadvantages of robust design is that to effectively deal with the noise, the designer must be aware of the noise. If there is a noise f
