Aerospace 1998
The Synergistic Alliance of
Systems Engineering and QFD by John M. Marzec of Rocketdyne
Propulsion and Power - Boeing North American. Rocketdyne Propulsion and Power, a
business unit of Boeing North American, has developed a Systems Engineering
Process. QFD has been identified as a key process within that discipline. This
paper will primarily focus on the role of QFD in the Requirements Management
aspect of Systems Engineering. The presentation will include a case study
involving a transfer orbit propulsion system.
QFD in Aerospace Applications: A Training Exercise by
Jack Barke of the Information, Space and Defense Systems, The Boeing Company.
This paper explains a teaching exercise that introduces one to the mechanics of
QFD. The basis of the exercise is an actual advertisement and specification for
a "heavier-than-air flying machine" put out by the Army Signal Corps in 1908.
Twelve exercises are covered that walk the reader through the 4 ASI matrices and
also the Pugh Concept matrix.
[Poster Paper] Method for Optimizing Resources Allocation
by James
Afarin of NASA Lewis Research Center. This is a nonlinear model which represents
a structured approach to make capital investment decisions based on the
priorities of the organization and the quality of outputs. This procedure was
applied to a multidivisional organization for the proof of the concept at the NASA
Lewis Research Center in Cleveland, Ohio.
Automotive 1998
Application of Quality Functional Deployment to Automotive Fuel
System Components by Edward J. Vinarcik of Visteon - Powertrain
Control Systems Division. With most products, consumers define quality. Complex
products, however, contain components which often are never thought about by
consumers. At the component level, quality must be defined internally. The
purpose of this paper is to apply QFD to an automotive component, specifically a
fuel rail. Included is a discussion of needs for internal customers related to
design, delivery, and timing.
Dynamic Characteristics / QFD by Shin Taguchi of the American Supplier
Institute. The integration of Taguchi Design of Experiments and Quality Function
Deployment.
QFD Methodology and its Application in an Automotive Industry
Supplier by P. A. Cauchick Miguel, N. C. Maestrelli, and L. G.
Lopes, Jr. of Methodist University of Pircicaba (UNIMEP) and Meritor do Brasil
Ltda., Brazil. This paper presents a work on QFD carried out in an auto parts
industry in Brazil. It describes the implementation steps as well as some of the
achievements. This work also outlines the relation of QFD with aspects of QS
9000 certification. Finally, it points out the principal benefits of QFD
application.
Concept Development & Ideation
1998
Consumer Encounters and Idea Development and Concept Optimization
by Brian Barton and Cathy Rings of Rubbermaid, and Glenn H. Mazur of Japan
Business Consultants, Ltd. Getting better products faster to customers is
critical to the financial success of a company. Traditional approaches to
ideation and concept development and optimization begin with product ideas
developed internally and then validated through consumer screening and concept
testing. By observing consumers in the process of living their lives in their
own homes, a deeper understanding of their needs can more accurately drive the
ideation process, leading to a better acceptance of concepts in the screening
process, more accurate consumer testing, and better volumetric and profit
forecasting. This paper reports on Rubbermaid's Consumer Encounter Form which was
designed to facilitate a brief 2-hour encounter, prioritize product categories
and within those, prioritize consumer needs based on the Voice of the Customer,
and lead to product ideas. This form flows directly into our Concept Testing
Board for use in the consumer concept tests.
Cost Deployment 1998
Cost Deployment to Improve
Customer Satisfaction and to Reduce Product Cost by Gerd
Streckfuss of Institut fnr QualitStsmanagement Dr. Weigang. During QFD sessions,
companies in "high-cost" countries request from this method not only to address
customers requirements but also to consider the cost issues. Although often
published, there are few case studies, which demonstrate the cost deployment.
Our approach: Using comprehensive QFD Deployment and Target Costing, the results
of case studies are documented and evaluated. Special considerations: 1. There
is a relationship between customer requirements and the actual cost. 2. The
Value Graph can be used to start the improvement path. 3. This improvement path
is documented in various HOQ's, but some important rules must be watched.
Computer & Software 1998
Innovative Product Planning and
Development Process: Super Design Technology (SDT) by Kunio Noguchi, Keisuke Nomura, Yuji Kyoya,
Yoshifumi Ueda of Toshiba Systems & Software Research Laboratories. The
development of an advanced product design process dubbed the Super Design
Technology to achieve "product on demand" is underway at Toshiba. We have added
QFD to this new method in the form of a database that we can quickly access
critical information which is often beyond the scope of typical QFD.
Software Availability Reporting System by Ann Burtner
of Hughes Aircraft. This paper investigates the establishment of an availability
reporting system using QFD as a tool to translate "the Voice of the Customer"
(VOC) into a product design. The goal of this study is to develop a software
reporting product that customers and the computer vendor may easily view for any
anomalies, problem trends, and cyclic outages. This report focuses on just one
portion of the final product which is the output report the customers view. This
report will then become a template for the remainder of the project. The methods
used with QFD are VOC, DOE, and SPC.
Using QFD for Computer Aided Design Software Selection
by John Chapdelaine and Linda Coveney of The Wiremold Company. In 1990,
Wiremold transitioned to a JIT manufacturing process. In addition, Wiremold had
institutionalized Quality Function Deployment (QFD) as its product development
methodology. In 1997, Wiremold recognized that its current Computer Aided Design
(CAD) system would not meet the needs for future product development. This paper
discusses the use of the QFD process to hear the "voice of the customer" for
selecting a new CAD system. It details the process of differentiating and
weighting the various customers and the methods for collecting data through
surveys. Also discussed are the introduction of decision analysis tools into the
process, the final results obtained from technical benchmark data, and lessons
learned.
[Poster Paper] Business System Analysis
by J. C rai
g of Q ualis
oft
Corporation and Thomas F. Teel of Business Effectiveness, L.L.C. A business
system utilizing QFD ensures that customer and business requirements are met and
Business Functions / Product and Services are effectively and efficiently
managed. Business Functions (How) and the Products and Services Processes (What)
of a business are defined and correlated by a Team of subject matter experts and
facilitated by Business Effectiveness, LLC. The embedded QFD DesignerTM
algorithm identifies Products & Service Processes and Business Functions that
may be improved for effectiveness and efficiency. Additionally, the use of the
top and side roofs further correlates individual Product & Service Processes and
Business Functions.
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Education 1998
Using QFD to Research the Demanded Quality of Students for Lectures
by Professor Kozo Koura of Asahi University, Japan. Today, improvement and
innovation in education at the university level has begun to spread through
Japanese universities. We are seeing a more market-in style of lectures as a two
way street between teacher and students instead of a one way product-out style
from the professor to the students. Students should be recognized as consumers
and the lectures need to meet their requirements. This research is a case study
of analysis of "opinionaires" for lecture production control using QFD. The
voice of the students was translated into demanded quality deployment and
measures deployment was developed from teacher experiments. A quality chart
combines both deployments. Importance and weights of planned and designed
quality were calculated and a Pareto Analysis implemented. The results were very
useful information for the professor.
Using Service Blueprinting and Quality Function Deployment in
Restructuring Educational Service Processes by Dr. Klaes Eringa
of The Christelijke Hogeschool Noord-Nederland, Leeuwarden and Ms. Isolde L. J.
Boer of Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, Faculty of Business Administration, The
Netherlands. The Christelijke Hogeschool Noord-Nederland has launched a TQM
project aiming to restructure educational processes tailored to students’ needs.
Service Blueprinting maps both the students’ learning process and supporting
organizational processes. QFD translates students’ needs into service process
specifications, emphasizing the service encounters. The integration of QFD and
Service Blueprinting attempts to improve the student perceived quality of
service processes.
[Poster Paper]
QFD in Education: An
Instructional Case by Dr. P. A. Cauchick Miguel and Dr. A.
Weidmann of Methodist University of Pircicaba (UNIMEP) and SKF GmbH. QFD is a
powerful development methodology with a wide range of applications. This case
study presents a simple case which has been used for both undergraduate and
post-graduate engineering courses as well as special industrial training
courses. The paper shows the feedback from the participants in some of those
courses.
Healthcare 1998
A Hospital-Based Service Example of QFD by Edward
Chaplin, M. D., Medical Director of Continental Rehabilitation Hospital of San
Diego. The presentation will review a project to incorporate a customer-focus
to a rehabilitation hospital service that provides multi-disciplinary
evaluations of complex and/or catastrophic injuries. The service is low in
volume, complex, provider-intensive and involves multiple business entities
(suppliers). The presentation will include the following: (1) Classic Quality
Function Deployment - Customer Deployment, capturing the Voice of the Customer,
Quality Deployment, Functional Deployment, Reliability Deployment, New Process
and Task Deployment. (2) An example of using reinforcing (positive) feedback to
self-organize and self-regulate the management of provider commitments which, in
turn, enhanced the effectiveness, reliability and robustness of a deployed
process. (3) An example where the use of the concepts from ARIZ broke through
apparent incompatibilities between demanded qualities of the injured person and
the insurance regulations.
House of Quality 1998
An Intelligent House of Quality by Prof. Xiaoqing
Frank Liu of the University of Missouri-Rolla. The House of Quality (HoQ) is an
important and successful tool in QFD. However, manual development of a HoQ is
usually time-consuming and error-prone. We have been developing an intelligent
HoQ to relieve users of all calculations involved in developing HoQs manually,
detect implicit trade-off and impact relationships and maintain their
consistency based on fuzzy logic, and enable automatic archival and management
of HoQs based on a database system. In addition, it will not impose any
restriction on the way the HoQ is currently used.
Fast QFD: First House of Quality in Half the Time by
Mark Farrell of Nortel, Northern Telecom Limited, Canada. A common reason for
not using Quality Function Deployment (QFD) is it takes too long. We have
developed a method that completes the first House of Quality in half the usual
time. We did this by defining two teams, one dedicated to defining customer
needs and another dedicated to defining product characteristics. The first house
of quality was completed in half the usual time because both customer needs and
the product characteristics were defined simultaneously.
ISO and QFD 1998
Environmental Management System on ISO-14000 Combined with QFD
by Yoji Akao, Ph.D. and Tetsuya Hayazaki of the Graduate School of Business
Administration, Asahi University, Japan. ISO-14000 is combined with QFD in order
to build a better environmental management system. The paper is based on a case
study of a construction company with a focus on environmental issues.
Environmental requirements were developed through construction work image
deployment and combined in a matrix with critical operational functions
involving the installation of communication lines, which were then deployed to
environmental quality assurance.
Kano Model and QFD 1998
Automated Kano Model Implementation by Kaushik Ghosh,
Sanjay R. Mawalkar and Lynnette Blaney of the Battelle Institute. Automation of
some tasks involved in using tools like QFD and the Kano model for new product
development have contributed to their popularity in recent years. This paper
presents a software application that allows for the prioritization of customer
requirements by classification into the Kano categories and also allows for
subsequent use of the generated data in exercises like QFD.
Medical Device 1998
Using FMEA and QFD to Improve the Design of a Medical Device
by Phil Price of Novartis Pharma AG and Ian Ferguson of Ferguson Associates,
United Kingdom. The Paper will show the steps taken to question Functionality,
Cost, and Reliability of a medical device. This involved a multi-disciplined
Team subjecting the proposed concept to a detailed Design and Process FMEA. The
results of this evaluation highlighted areas of improvement for the mechanical
Design and Patient handling characteristics. The Patient handling evaluation was
supported by an ergonomic appraisal, which also yielded information concerning
Patient preferences. These results and preferences were incorporated into a QFD
led Project which ensured an improved medical device with the required horizons
of Cost, Performance, and Reliability. The Paper will show some of the steps
taken in the FMEA and QFD process, which led to these improvements.
An Application of Quality Function in the Medical Device Industry
by Dr. Shihab Asfour, Dr. Eleftherios Iakovou, Gilbert Cortez of
the Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Miami. Medical devices
encompass all articles used in the treatment, prevention and diagnosis of
disease. We first present the critical quality characteristics specific to the
medical device industry. We then proceed with the presentation of a novel
application of QFD and robust design in a real-world case study for the design
and development of a medical device. Utilization of QFD and robust design in the
development process will supercede the regulatory requirements of developing a
safe and effective product. The employment of these techniques further leads to
shorter time-to-market along with significant cost savings in R&D, manufacturing
and service costs.
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QA 1998
Using QFD to Establish a Quality Assurance Network by
Antonio Carlos Ferreira Gomes, Ilka Vilardo, Marcus Vinicius Torres, Murilo
Pirozzi, Paulo Roberto Villas, and Renato Machado Vilela of Poligran Polimeros
Plasticos Ltda , and Fundacao Christiano Ottoni, Brazil. This paper will
describe the infrequently seen but essential aspect of QFD called the Quality
Assurance Network. A real case of applying QFD to Quality Assurance in the
polymer package industry will be presented not for redesign of the product or
changing the specifications, but to assure the actual specifications improving
the process capability (Cpk). This network allowed us to optimize the activities
related to the Quality Assurance Function based on the voice of the customer and
theirs priorities.
Schedule Deployment 1998
QFD Schedule Deployment: Doing Development Faster with QFD
by Richard E. Zultner of ZULTNER & CO. QFD traditionally addresses issues of
quality, technology, cost, and delivery. For many development projects, the time
or schedule of the project is also important. Schedule Deployment is the QFD
subsystem that addresses the schedule directly. With Schedule Deployment, by
better management of variation, a shorter development project plan can be
made--usually 15-25% shorter--with no increase in risk. An example will be
presented for software development.
Service 1998
Information Service for the Manufacturing Industry by
Elize Potgieter, Francois Smit, Heleen Snyman, and Johan Strydom of Aerotek,
Division of CSIR South Africa, and Ben van Vliet of TechnoSolve. QFD has been
used to upgrade a service, called Infopak, which provides information to the
manufacturing industry. Infopak is intended to help firms become more
competitive, and to keep them updated on technological trends, topical issues
and events in their respective manufacturing domains. Infopak has service, as
well as tangible product dimensions. The QFD exercise included a
voice-of-the-customer analysis, which circumscribed the definition of
information vehicles, packaging and delivery features, functions, and
reliability factors.
Strategy 1998
Strategic Planning Process for
Welfare Reform using QFD by Jack B. Re Velle, Ph.D. of Aerojet
and G. Kevin McDonald of Raytheon Missile Systems Company. In 1997, the United
Way of Tucson partnered with Hughes Missile Systems to initiate a
community-wide, strategic planning process for welfare reform. The process was
designed to develop a "high-level," collaborative response to Federal and state
legislative changes. A diverse group representing all sectors of the community
met for 3 1/2 days to develop a comprehensive, consensual, prioritized plan. The
study introduces a national model for similar community actions.
Strategy, QFD and the Balanced Scorecard by R
obert A.
H unt of Graduate School of Management, Ma
cquarie University, Sydney, Australia.
QFD principles when applied to the development and deployment of an
organization's strategy naturally develop a tailored set of key performance
indicators that will provide the appropriate insights and measurements for
predicting future performance that are sought by the Balanced Scorecard method
developed by Kaplan and Norton. This research is based on a major four year study
of 127 applications of QFD principles to innovation of physical products,
services, software, processes and strategy in forty-nine companies in the
South-west Pacific Rim. The paper will examine the development of balanced
scorecard performance indicators by these organizations, and looks at the
association between their use and corporate success.
Transportation 1998
QFD Technique for Composite Railway Sleeper by M. R.
Joshi of Research and Development Establishment (Engineers), Pune, India. For
the development of Railway Sleeper, The Product Development Team coming from
three different organizations depended upon the experiences of the team members.
Qualitative Requirements stated by the customer were translated into a FRP
sleeper product and process characteristics using QFD approach. This work can
prove to be a demonstrator for QFD in Product Development Process in India.
TRIZ and QFD 1998
A New Model of the Conceptual
Design Process using QFD/FA/TRIZ by Dr. Noel León-Rovira,
Humberto Aguayo of Instituto Tecnologico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey,
Mexico. A comprehensive model of the Conceptual Design Process is presented,
which integrates QFD, Functional Analysis and TRIZ . Instructions are presented
on how to use TRIZ, starting from the QFD Diagram and continuing through
Functional Analysis during the conceptual design stage of new products. The
information obtained during the Functional Analysis is used to identify the
product structure which reveals the technical parameters needed for the QFD
process. Actual examples are shown on how the "roof" of the "House of Quality"
may be used as an interface to the Technical Contradictions Table in TRIZ, as
contradictory parameters are identified and the design conflicts may be solved
based on the Technical Contradictions.
Innovation and Customer Focus: A Medical Marketing Success Study
Demonstrating TRIZ and QFD by
E
l len D
omb of The P
QR Group, and
David Corbin of Delcor Interactive International, Inc. This case study
illustrates the iterative combination of QFD, TRIZ, and entrepreneurial
intuition
that have gone into a successful new business venture. Through use of the
technical tools of product development with the founders’ intuition and
experience, the development and marketing of a unique family of medical products
and services has rapidly gone from concept, to prototype, to test market, to
nation-wide distribution and sales.
[Poster Paper] Application of TRIZ to Solve a Reliability Problem of a Hard Drive
by Zinovy Royzen of TRIZ Consulting, Inc. This paper describes TRIZ approaches
to identify the best opportunities for development of products. TRIZ will guide
you from understanding of the functions of your product to better utilization of
its resources. Using TRIZ at the beginning of your project you will save your
time and efforts in your search for the ideal solutions. A case study describes
application of TRIZ to a difficult problem.
Value Engineering (VE) 1998
Adding Value to CIDM by M. Larry Shillito. The last
decade has seen a proliferation of tools and best practices for use in product
design and company commercialization processes. Each tool by itself can be
helpful and effective. Combining these tools with other best practices allows us
to expand the application and effectiveness of each. The enhancement of Customer
Integrated Decision Making (CIDM) matrices using Value Engineering (VE) is a
prime example of such a merger. The enhanced and/or hybrid model can expand team
creativity and allow teams to discover new relationships and interactions. This
paper will examine the use of value indices, value graphs, value targeting,
Customer Oriented Product Concepting (COPC), a variant of VE, to enhance the
application of CIDM. The result is an improved balance between customer and
company needs and the price cost ratio.
Voice of Customer 1998
The Fuzzy Front End of the New Product Development Process
by Dr. Thomas Hsiang of Universal Foods Corporation. By now you might have heard
many buzz words related to new product development. Examples include Concept
Engineering by Shiba, Voice of the Customer, Quality Creation by Kano,
Creativity and Innovation, Strategic Quality Planning to name a few. But the
bottom line is what are keys to new product success? How can you increase the
odds of successful product launches? This presentation will discuss candidly the
best new product strategies, particularly focusing on the "fuzzy front end" of
the new product development process.
Using Neural Networks to Analyze the Voice of the Customer
by Robert L. Brass of Development II. There are three steps involved in the
process of creating successful Utility products and services. The first is to
identify the problems that exist. The second is to characterize the value of
those problems as perceived by your target market while the third is to create a
product or service that effectively solves the high priority problems. The key
to the process is defining the problems and knowing the priority of those
problems or issues in quantitative terms so that they can provide a valid
benchmark. The second step, the prioritization and quantification of those
problems is the main subject of this paper. This process involves market
research but the uniqueness lies in the analysis of the data and the structuring
of the questions to enable that analysis. The third step is left to those rare
creative individuals who, given the prioritized problem, have the unique gift to
develop marketable solutions.
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General 1998
Managerial Implications for Customer Focused Product Development
by Anders Gustafsson, Torbjörn Forsberg, Lars Nilsson and Mattias Elg
of Linköping University, Division of Quality Technology and Management, Sweden.
Several case studies on Swedish companies with great experience in the use of
QFD, including Volvo, SAAB and SKF, have been conducted. This paper draws
conclusions about some managerial implications on the use of QFD and draws
comparison with results from other studies (Hunt, 1997). The foundation for the
paper is two case studies, TA Control and Mölnlycke, two companies with positive
effects of using QFD. The paper describes the effects of using QFD and
scrutinizes driving forces behind some identified differences, e.g.
environmental variables and approach. The result may serve as a guide when
implementing QFD.
Selecting the Best Direction to
Create the Ideal Product Design by J
ohn T
er ninko of
Re sponsible Ma
nagement. The number of practitioners who go beyond remapping
customer information into engineering information by using the House of Quality
matrix is slowly increasing. Few try function analysis, reliability deployment
or use the negative feedback of the gemba. This paper presents the integration
of failure modes and function analysis to identify breakthrough development
concepts. Reduction in the failure modes and increases in reliability are
natural consequences. AHP prioritizes the projects using the priorities from the
House of Quality. The driving force is the ideal final result as defined by the
function associated with the most important performance measure in the House of
Quality.
The Virtual Corporation and QFD:
The Key to Effective Breaking of Boundaries by D. L
yman of Vie wP
oint & Und erstanding Enh
ancement. The virtual company is the dynamic
alliance with other companies that already possess the resources required to
synthesize new productive capabilities very quickly. QFD structures, methods,
tools, and systems can provide the basis for meeting the critical need for
understanding within and throughout all of the various points of view. We will
also discuss the part QFD plays in moving beyond asset management to resource
leverage.
Will Your QFD Add Value to Your Operation? How to Find Out
by Allan J. Sayle of Allan Sayle Associates. QFD aims to enhance corporate
results through improving product and service quality. Properly applied, it can
be a valuable tool. But it can only be truly effective if implemented within a
well-constructed framework of effective data gathering, business systems and
processes. This paper describes how that framework can be assessed to determine
whether or not QFD will deliver the results desired and value-adding operations
will be obtained. Matters to be addressed and examined are described together
with their relationship to requirements of business performance, ISO 9000, QS
9000, customer expectations and market conditions. How management can use the
assessment results, to ensure not only that the method of performing QFD will be
effective but also its desired outcome will be achieved, is discussed.
Value Management: Integrating QFD in the Product Value Deployment
Process by Horst R. Schoeler of Schoeler & Partner. In the
continuing search for new ways of securing a competitive edge, it becomes more
and more important to be able to demonstrate that the own product or service
offers better value for money than the competition. This target will be achieved
through the Value Management approach. The concept of value lies in achieving a
balance between the satisfaction of many different customer needs and the
resources used. The presentation shows the framework of Value Management and the
systematic combination and involvement of different methods like Value
Engineering, QFD, Target Costing. Not a single approach of a method or
methodology is responsible for successful products and services. It is necessary
to achieve the best process and apply appropriate methods in a holistic view.
Moderated Knowledge Mapping - Forming Breakthrough and Knowledge
Transfer! by J. Ma rconi of Marconi Works, International.
Moderated Knowledge Mapping is a powerful tool that helps teams create new ideas
and form knowledge into accessible organization learning. Initially pioneered by
Larry Smith, it has been further developed and codified. Moderated Knowledge
Mapping is a highly interactive kinesthetic and visual process with a unique
synthesis of: Mind Mapping, Functional Analysis, and German Moderation / Metaplanning techniques.
[Poster Paper 1998] An Intelligent Systems Approach to Quality Function Deployment (QFD)
by Ms. Vivianne Bouchereau and Dr. H. Rowlands of University of Wales College,
Newport, South Wales, United Kingdom. This paper will discuss how techniques
such as Taguchi Method, Fuzzy Logic, and Artificial Neural Networks could be
incorporated within QFD to resolve some of its drawbacks, such as the complexity
of the QFD charts, ambiguity in the data collected and determining the
interrelationship between processes. These proposed techniques will be adopted
to produce an intelligent systems approach to QFD.
[Poster Paper 1998] Quality Planning in the Existence of Multiple Customers: A
Scoreboard Design Case
by Gülser Köksal of Middle East Technical
University and Özlem Fýndýkoglu of Aydýn Software and Electronics Inc. In this
study, an approach is presented to identify and prioritize multiple customers’
requirements for the design of a scoreboard used in basketball games. Four main
customer groups are identified: Audience, referees, bid evaluation committee,
and the QFD team. Analytical Hierarchy Process is used to determine weights of
customer requirements for each of these groups as well as the final weights.
[Poster Paper 1998] Don’t Bank Just on Methodologies
by Detlef
Blankenburg, Marit Ranes, and Tore Holmboe Wiik of SINTEF Material Technology &
Nordak Innovatikk, Department for Design and Product Development, Norway. The
project was planned to give the case company a new product generation. The
product development process was concerned with Voice of Customer, QFD analyses,
Pugh analyses, DFM and even concurrent engineering. External industrial
designers and usability testing was used to secure both style and
user-friendliness. After two years of extensive work the project was stopped due
to the dramatic change in both product design and production system. The
paper will try to describe the process performed until the final decision was
made to stop the project, and to analyze some of the weaknesses of the methods
mentioned when not taking into account human factors.
[Poster Paper 1998] Merging Two QFD Models Into One: An Approach Of Application
by Luiz C. R. Carpinetti, Ph.D. and Manoel O. C. Peixoto of School of
Engineering of São Carlos, University of São Paulo, Brazil. This paper presents
an approach to the application of Quality Function Deployment that brings
together the models developed by Don Clausing (Enhanced QFD) and Akao. It
utilizes some of the tables and matrices proposed by Akao (1990) along with the
basic four phases product and process deployment proposed by Clausing (1993).
The steps involved in the proposed approach are depicted and justified and a
discussion is made on the benefits of the proposed approach.
[Poster Paper 1998]
Assigning Importance to Hows:
Analysis of Two Competing Methodologies by R. Alan Kemerling of
Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. (divison of Johnson & Johnson). This paper and
underlying research looks at two different methods (a simple arithmetic
calculation and one that uses a weighted Whats importance value) for calculating
the importance of Hows in the project. Using Monte Carlo simulation, hundreds of
different QFD matrices were developed and the two distribution methods compared
for their affect on the resulting priority of key Hows.
[Poster Paper 1998] Using QFD to Develop a Planning Budget Linked to Organizational
Objectives
by Vito Wasniewski of INFOnetics, Inc. Annual Budgets
or Operating Strategies are one of the least favored and time-consuming
activities performed by Directors or Department Managers (except for perhaps
employee reviews). Using QFD can speed this process, but more importantly, drive
more co-ordination, communication, and agreement of projects among a management
team. This case study presents the process that developed the priorities for
over 180 projects, drove rapid agreement among directors, and resulted in a
business model.
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