Managing Quality Chapter 13. please answer questions 7 and 9

S Chapter 13. Lean-Six Sigma Management and Tools Discussion Questions 1. Where do you think that lean-Six Sigma can be used effectively? 2. How will risk assessments vary from industry to industry? 3. What industries would be the best candidates for the lean-Six Sigma approach? Why? 4. What is different between lean-Six Sigma and traditional quality improvement? 5. Can you think of an example for which the Taguchi quality loss function (QLF) would work in real life? Discuss how it might work. 6. How does the Taguchi concept of ideal quality compare to other definitions of quality discussed in Chapter 12 7. How could the Taguchi method be used to design a course in quality management? Identify all the variables, measures, and objectives. 8. Why are behavioral processes such as brainstorming important for the Taguchi method? 9. How would you cost-benefit a Taguchi experiment? What might be some of the quantifiable param- eters you would use in evaluating the worth of a Thiguchi experiment? 10. The chapter cites different services implementations of the Taguchi method. Do you think the Taguchi method is useful for services? Why or why not? Why do you think the technique has not been widely adopted in services