GENICHI TAGUCHI, D.Sc., is Executive Director of the American Supplier Institute, an international organization that trains and consults on quality management and engineering. Winner of the Deming Prize of Japan and the Shewhart Medal of the American Society for Quality, Dr. Taguchi developed the statistical and logical systems for rapid improvements in product quality and product development that have revolutionized automobile and other industries in America and in his home country of Japan. He is also co-author of McGraw-Hill’s Robust Engineering. SUBIR CHOWDHURY is Executive Vice President of the American Supplier Institute. A recipient of the Society of Automotive Engineers’ prestigious Henry Ford II Award for Excellence, he is the lead author of the international best-selling business book - Management 21C and co-author of Robust Engineering (McGraw-Hill, 1999).

Aknowledgements. Preface. Chapter One: Introduction to Robust Engineering Methodology. Chapter Two: Robust Engineering Implementation Formula. Chapter Three: Robust: Engineering Process Formula. Chapter Four: CDI/3M Health Care. Chapter Five: California Institute of Technology - jet Propulsion Lab, NASA and.... Chapter Six: Ford Motor Company. Chapter Seven: Ford Motor Company. Chapter Eight: Ford Motor Company. Chapter Nine: Fumakilla, Ltd. Chapter Ten: Goldstar Cp., Ltd. Chapter Eleven: ITT Aerospace/Communications Division. Chapter Twelve: ITT Avionics Division. Chapter Thirteen: ITT Industries - Aerospace/Communications Division and Phadke Associates, Inc. Chapter Fourteen: ITT Night Vision and ITT Defense and Electronics. Chapter Fifteen: Minolta Co. Chapter Sixteen: Nissan Motor Co. and Nissan Tochigi Institute of Automative Technology. Chapter Seventeen: Sampo Kagaku Kogyo Co. Chapter Eighteen: Xerox Corporation. Chapter Nineteen: MTS: A Powerful Tool for 2000 and Beyond. Index.