Date of Award

Fall 2008

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Science (MS)

Department

Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering

Program/Concentration

Mechanical Engineering

Committee Director

Han P. Bao

Committee Member

Sebastian Bawab

Committee Member

Stacie Ringleb

Call Number for Print

Special Collections; LD4331.E56 G448 2008

Abstract

The main purpose of this thesis was to develop the dental clinic design using six-sigma principles. Simulation software called Process ModelTM was used to build a primary layout of the clinic. Once the basic design was built, statistical analysis method like D.O.E (design of experiment) was used to generate the data based on different combinations of design parameters viz. number of hygienists, number of x-ray machines and waiting room capacity. These data were further analyzed using Contrast-Effect method, ANOVA and Regression Analysis. In order to incorporate the impact of random factors, Taguchi's methodology was applied. This lead to the determination of design based on performance criterion. In order to include the cost for running the clinic, a multi-criteria analysis was carried out. An approach called Utility function was used to carry out the comparison between cost based design and performance based design. The final design was based on the highest utility value amongst the designs.

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DOI

10.25777/r0yj-3f68

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