ISO 16336:2014给出了稳健参数设计优化方法（也称为参数设计）的应用指南，这是一种基于田口方法的有效优化方法，可实现稳健的产品。 ISO 16336:2014规定了信噪比（以下简称SN比）作为稳健性的衡量标准，以及利用该标准设计稳健性产品的参数设计程序。本国际标准中的“稳健”一词是指在各种噪声条件下，产品功能的可变性最小化，即产品功能对噪声水平的变化不敏感。对于健壮的产品，它们的响应对信号敏感，对噪声不敏感。 ISO 16336:2014的方法适用于任何设计和制造的产品，包括机器、化工产品、电子产品、食品、消费品、软件、新材料和服务。 制造技术也被视为制造过程使用的产品。

ISO 16336:2014 gives guidelines for applying the optimization method of robust parameter design, also called as parameter design, an effective methodology for optimization based on Taguchi Methods, to achieve robust products. ISO 16336:2014 prescribes signal-to-noise ratio (hereafter SN ratio) as a measure of robustness, and the procedures of parameter design to design robust products utilizing this measure. The word "robust" in this International Standard means minimized variability of product's function under various noise conditions, that is, insensitivity of the product's function to the changes in the levels of noises. For robust products, their responses are sensitive to signal and insensitive to noises. The approach of ISO 16336:2014 can be applied to any products that are designed and manufactured, including machines, chemical products, electronics, foods, consumer goods, software, new materials, and services. Manufacturing technologies are also regarded as products that are used by manufacturing processes.