Prof. Yuin Wu

PROF. YUIN WU
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Yuin Wu
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Yuin WuYuin Wu received a B.S. in chemical engineering from Cheng Kung University; taught as a professor at several institutions in Taiwan, and held senior management positions with industrial firms in Taiwan as well.Mr Wu is an Executive Director for ASI.

Mr. Wu has long been active in quality control and improvement.He became acquainted with Dr. Taguchi in 1966 while in Japan on a study sponsored by the Taiwan government.

Mr. Wu made some of the first English (and Chinese) translations of Dr. Taguchi's works.He is also credited with conducting the first Taguchi Methods experiments in the United States while working with private industry in California.

He has been with the American Supplier Institute (ASI), Inc. (and its predecessor, the Ford Supplier Institute) since 1982, and currently provides consultation and training in many diverse Taguchi Methods applications.

He has been active as a consultant in North America as well as many countries in Europe, South America, and Asia.He has trained for the automotive, computer and defense companies and also mechanical, electrical, chemical and food industries.He has written numerous publications on the subject of Taguchi Methods.
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PROF. YUIN WU

Mr. Wu's association with Dr. Taguchi began through his father, Yuin Wu, who has been a close associate of Dr. Genichi Taguchi since the 1960s.
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Over the past fourteen years, Mr. Wu has been instrumental in assisting ASI clients to apply Taguchi Methods, QFD, and TRIZ in Product Development and Manufacturing, and has a diverse range of experience in mechanical, electrical, electronic, chemical and food industries.

He has trained and consulted with such companies as: Allied Signal, Anheuser Busch, Boeing, Case Corporation, CHR Hansen, Compaq Computer Corporation, Culligan, Daimler Chrysler Corporation, E.I. Dupont, ESCO Corporation, FMC Corporation, Ford Motor Company, General Dynamics, General Electric Company, General Motors Corporation, GTE Laboratories, Hewlett-Packard, Hughes Aircraft, ITT, Kaiser Electronics, Kemet Electronics, Lockheed-Martin, LSI Logic, Melroe Ingersoll-Rand, Miller Brewing Company, Motorola, NASA, Naval Weapons Support Center, Newport News Shipbuilding, Northern Telecom, Philips, Procter & Gamble, Ralston Purina, Seiko Epson, Storage Technology, Texas Instruments, U.S. Filter, Westinghouse, Weyerhaeuser, and many others.

Mr. Wu and his father Mr. Yuin Wu are co-authors of the book "Taguchi Methods for Robust Design" which will be published in 2000.

"So far, Japanese companies appear to be ahead in the number of applications, which will help bolster their technological capabilities," writes researcher Yuin Wu, in an ASI paper.