Title: An approach to dynamic analysis of multidimensional quality characteristics in automobile body-in-white assembly

Authors: Yinzhong Jiang; Kai Yang

Addresses: Beijing Automotive Technology Center, Peng Long Building 1012, No. 10 Hua Wei Li, Chao Yang District, Beijing 100021, China ' Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI 48202, USA

Abstract: The analysis of the multivariate dynamic information contained in the observed data of automobile build has been one of the significant and interesting topics. In this paper, we present a new approach to dynamic statistical analysis of multidimensional quality characteristics in automobile body assembly. An analytic procedure combining the principal component analysis with the time-series method is given to investigate the multivariate dynamic problems in automotive industry. An application study using real data in automobile body build is illustrated in detail.

Keywords: multidimensional quality control; PCA; principal component analysis; time series; automobile industry; car body assembly; automotive body-in-white.

DOI: 10.1504/IJISE.2012.045177

International Journal of Industrial and Systems Engineering, 2012 Vol.10 No.2, pp.135 - 152

Published online: 20 Dec 2014 *

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