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	Quality function deployment - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		QFD can strongly help an organization focus on the critical characteristics of a new or existing product or service from the separate viewpoints of the customer market segments, company, or technology-development needs.
		QFD is applied in a wide variety of services, consumer products, military needs (such as the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter-- see [1]), and emerging technology products.
		QFD is considered a key practice of Design for Six Sigma (DFSS) as seen at QFD/DFSS Roadmap.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Quality_function_deployment (1240 words)

	Visions - After QFD: Now What?
		QFD is typically carried out by a cross-functional team of individuals who have been charged with responsibility for developing a new product, service, or process, or for refin-QFD originated in a Japanese ship-building firm in the early 1970s and was first codified in the Japanese academic world by Drs.
		QFD was then adopted by the Japanese auto industry in the early 1980s, and migrated to the U.S. auto industry by the mid-1980s.
		QFD is typically carried out by a cross-functional team of individuals who have been charged with responsibility for developing a new product, service, or process, or for refining an existing one.
	www.pdma.org /visions/print.php?doc=apr01/after_qfd.html (2311 words)

	QFD Summary
		QFD provides a graphic tool known as the “house of quality” to compare customer requirements, both stated and unstated, technical requirements, proposed technical features, the current product, the competitors’ products, and the current market conditions in order to determine technical elements which the new system should have.
		The weaknesses of QFD include: QFD can be a complex method to adopt, the assumption that the requirements will be fully determined at the beginning of the project development cycle and that they will not change during development, the assumption that market analysis data is available, and the lack of stakeholder involvement.
		QFD primarily focuses on requirements selection based on competitive analysis and does not address the development cycle nor does it provide a means to validate the designed product against the customers’ is wishes.
	pages.cpsc.ucalgary.ca /~kemh/SENG613/QFDSummary.html (1264 words)

	A FEW WORDS ABOUT - QFD
		QFD is a step-by-step technique for ensuring that the 'Voice of the Customer' is heard throughout the product development process so that the final product fully meets customer requirements.
		QFD uses a series of related matrices and tables as the tool for translating the voice of the customer first to design specifications, then to more detailed part characteristics, then to show the necessary process and technology characteristics, and finally to show the specific operational conditions for the production phase.
		QFD ensures that the voice of the customer is heard throughout the steps of the product development process, and is heard in language appropriate to each step.
	www.johnstark.com /fwqfd.html (1007 words)

	QFD Report
		QFD is a pointed way of listening to customers to learn exactly what they want, and then using a logical system to determine how best to fulfill those needs with available resources.
		QFD’s primary goal is to overcome three major problems in traditional methods: disregard for the voice of the customer, loss of information, and different individuals and functions working to different requirements (Guinta, 1993).
		QFD was adopted in Japan in the 1970's (Guinta, 1993).
	sern.ucalgary.ca /courses/seng/613/F97/grp2/report.htm (6185 words)

	The QFD, TRIZ and Taguchi Connection:
		The prioritization of desired improvements and the corporation's performance measures in QFD become, in TRIZ, the so-called "initial useful functions." The output of the QFD is used to rank the many innovative concepts generated by the TRIZ methodology.
		QFD started as a means to improve market share by reducing the gap between the customer's desires and the product's performance.
		If QFD is applied to an existing design, and the organization chooses to first use the House of Quality, then the TRIZ methodology reduces the constraints identified in the roof of the house.
	www.mv.com /ipusers/rm/qfdtriz4.htm (3048 words)

	QFD Basics
		This is a prerequisite to QFD because it is impossible to consistently provide products which will attract customers unless you have a very good understanding of what they want.
		However, almost everyone agrees that for QFD to be successfully implemented within an organization, it must be adapted to the particular situation surrounding its use.
		QFD, as a process, yields the most effective results when the team focuses on the requirements which are most critical to the success of the product they are developing.
	www.qfdcapture.com /qfdbasics.htm (6394 words)

	QFD (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Collating, prioritising and then ensuring a wide range of Customer requirements are driven through all aspects of the design process from concept to delivery is a challenging and complex activity for which many organisations are ill equipped.
		QFD is a proven, rigorous framework for businesses to translate customer requirements and priorities into design concepts, features and quality characteristics.
		Understand the basic structure of a QFD matrix and the sequence of construction.
	www.business-transform.co.uk /qfd.htm (311 words)

	QFD Summary SENG 613
		Every QFD project is unique in the exact steps taken to complete it including the number of steps involved.
		QFD is not particularly suitable for smaller or very well defined projects.
		QFD, like many other techniques, must be used with the context of improving the creation process.
	www.ucalgary.ca /~dbmenks/seng/seng613/QFDsummary.html (756 words)

	QFD and TIPS/TRIZ
		QFD has been winning proponents because of the clarity with which it identifies customers’ needs, organizational technological capabilities, design properties, reliability problems, functional capabilities, and the relationships between all these factors.
		Many QFD users found themselves overwhelmed with the richness of these data: once they knew the relationships between the customers’ needs and their own abilities to satisfy those needs, they wanted further help to create the innovative product and service designs that would meet or exceed the customers’ needs.
		TRIZ is the family of tools that gives QFD practioners the help they need to innovate to satisfy their customers.
	www.triz-journal.com /archives/1998/06/c/index.htm (1268 words)

	CUSTOMER-FOCUSED DEVELOPMENT WITH QFD
		QFD is oriented toward involving a team of people representing the various functional departments that have involvement in product development: Marketing, Design Engineering, Quality Assurance, Manufacturing/ Manufacturing Engineering, Test Engineering, Finance, Product Support, etc.
		These needs normally are not included in the QFD matrix, unless it is important to maintain focus on one or more of these needs.
		One of the guidelines for successful QFD matrices is to keep the amount of information in each matrix at a manageable level.
	members.aol.com /drmassoc/qfd.html (3020 words)

	SENG 611
		QFD also allows all the important design information to be captured in one compact form (House of Quality Matrix).
		QFD and Cleanroom are all emphasis on quality, statistical process control and customer feedback, but Cleanroom is weighted more on mathematical approach such as formal specification and mathematical verification.
		QFD and JAD are similar in the case that they all use group session approach which requires the team to work with the customers but QFD is a more quality focused technique and JAD does not have any involvement with the quality aspects.
	www.ucalgary.ca /~samulee/seng613/qfd.html (939 words)

	Quality Function Deployment QFD - Pardee Quality Methods (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Though QFD normally refers only to the decision process, all the consulting, facilitation and training services offered by PQM include problem definition and data gathering.
		QFD is not about quality in the traditional sense, although it began in Japan in the early 70's as a method for everyone to share (deploy) the responsibilities of the Quality Assurance Function.
		QFD has long since been applied to all qualities of the system, including performance, appearance, reliability, etc. It's the methodology underlying To Satisfy and Delight Your Customer.
	www.pardee-quality-methods.com /docs/qfd.htm (356 words)

	QFD
		When QFD is used with it’s ‘metatools’ it becomes a major technique for all aspects of Business Performance Improvement and Planning.
		Be able to adapt QFD as a tool for planning change activity linked to Goals and Targets, and Key Performance Indicators throughout their organisations.
		To integrate QFD within their organisation in such a way that it does not stand alone but supports existing Planning and quality initiatives.
	www.qmt.co.uk /courses/quality/qfd.htm (402 words)

	Quality Function Deployment - QFD - in brief
		QFD is used to translate customer requirements to engineering specifications.
		QFD is applied in the early stages of the design phase so that the customer wants are incorporated into the final product.
		Remember that the benefits from an appropriately developed QFD chart are very big compared with the effort - put focus on the issues that are important to the customer.
	www.thequalityportal.com /q_know01.htm (229 words)

	CT 11/98: QFD Overview (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The attractiveness of the QFD technique is that the process is both internal and external.
		The QFD technique is not without its critics.
		Because of this requirement, critics claim that QFD is too complex and cumbersome to be more than a conceptual tool.
	pubs.acs.org /hotartcl/chemtech/98/nov/qfd.html (234 words)

	QFD Summary (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		QFD (Quality Function Deployment) was first conceived by Yoji Akao in 1960's; however, the actual documentation of the Japanese quality design process in English did not emerge until 1978.
		It was adopted in North America in the 1980's and only recently the QFD institute was established (1994).
		There are four phases to the QFD process, and in each phase it can be reiterated until the goal of the phase has been met.
	pages.cpsc.ucalgary.ca /~phong/courses/SENG613/QFD.htm (847 words)

	QFD
		QFD translates customer requirements (voice of the customer) into design requirements (voice of the engineer).
		Some practitioners believe that QFD is the House of Quality, a matrix for mapping the voice of the customer into the voice of the engineer.
		In general, using a middle phase of QFD will enhance your understanding, but you will gain more if you combine the activity with one or some of the earlier activities.
	www.mv.com /ipusers/rm/qfd.htm (1076 words)

	Six Sigma - Quality Function Deployment (QFD) Workshop
		QFD is taught ‘from the beginning’ with a strong connection to the importance of good requirements as an input.
		The customizability of QFD, allowing tailoring to many specific applications, is both a strength and a source of confusion.
		As one size of QFD does not fit all, this workshop orients participants to when and how to focus on key aspects of QFD.
	www.6siga.com /content.asp?id=96 (266 words)

	International Council for QFD (ICQFD)
		QFD is a quality approach to new product design, development, and implementation driven by customer needs and values.
		QFD has been successfully used by many world class organizations in automobiles, ship building, electronics, aerospace, utilities, leisure and entertainment, financial, software, and other industries.
		The ICQFD was established at the conclusion of the 3rd International Symposium on QFD in 1997.
	icqfd.org (231 words)

	what is qfd
		In today's industrial society, where the growing distance between producers and users is a concern, QFD links the needs of the customer (end user) with design, development, engineering, manufacturing, and service functions.
		QFD helps organizations seek out both spoken and unspoken needs, translate these into actions and designs, and focus various business functions toward achieving this common goal, empowering organizations to exceed normal expectations and provide a level of unanticipated excitement that generates value.
		The QFD methodology can be used for both tangible products and non-tangible services, including manufactured goods, service industry, software products, IT projects, business process development, government, healthcare, environmental initiatives, and many other applications.
	www.qfdi.org /what_is_qfd/what_is_qfd.htm (256 words)

	C2C Solutions - Efficient QFD > Custom Offerings
		This is an introduction to VOC and QFD, its benefits, and how it has evolved since the 90's.
		This introduction is primarily focused on teaching the basics of the QFD methodology.
		This course is primarily focused on teaching all phases and advanced techniques in the QFD methodology.
	www.c2c-solutions.com /eqfd-offerings.html (540 words)

	Quality Function Deployment (QFD) - Saferpak.com
		Link to several useful QFD papers including "QFD and the Expanded House of Quality"; although this paper was written by Bob Hales in 1990, it can still provide a useful introduction into Quality Function Deployment...
		QFD was used to design an animatronic Triceratops for Universal Studio's new Jurassic Park.
		The QFD Institute was sanctioned in 1993 by Dr. Yoji Akao, QFD’s co-founder, to research and develop state-of-the-art methods, tools, and training.
	www.saferpak.com /qfd.htm (716 words)

	Welcome to Qmail for Dummies
		Well, QFD is a quick install of qmail for setting up a mail server in less than 2 mins.....
		QFD simplifies all ur work by installing these packages for u.
		So, basically after installing QFD u have qmail, web based email and web based mail administration set up for u.
	qfd.sourceforge.net (97 words)

	QUALITY FUNCTION DEPLOYMENT
		QFD is a tool to organize the customers' needs and then translate them into design criteria.
		QFD enables the design phase to focus on the key customer requirements.
		QFD needs to be tailored to specific needs.
	www.lions.odu.edu /~runal/enma614/qfd.html (612 words)

	amsup.com - Workshops on QFD for Products, Services and Training (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		QFD is a systematic process that helps companies quickly understand and integrate clients' needs into their products or services.
		QFD provides tremendous benefits in developing market-winning products and services.
		It allows a large amount of information to be placed onto a small number of documents (charts).
	www.amsup.com /qfd (180 words)

	UH: Quality Function Deployment (QFD) (99.05.26)
		QFD "is a method for developing a design quality aimed at satisfying the consumer and then translating the consumer's demand into design targets and major quality assurance points to be used throughout the production phase.
		The concept of QFD was introduced in Japan by Yoji Akao in 1966.
		In QFD, all operations are driven by the 'voice of the customer'; QFD therefore represents a change from manufacturing-process quality control to
	www.hi.is /~joner/eaps/0w_QFD1.htm (682 words)

	QFD
		Quality Function Deployment (QFD) is a methodology for taking the Voice of the Customer and using that information to drive aspects of product development.
		Cross functional teams participate in the process that consists of matrices that analyze data sets accoring to the objective of the QFD process.
		A typical QFD process involves a four phase approach.
	www.isixsigma.com /dictionary/QFD-103.htm (507 words)

	PRODUCT PLANNING AND REQUIREMENTS DEFINITION
		We believe QFD is an important tool to develop an understanding of customer needs among the product development team members and deploy the "voice of the customer" in a structured manner throughout the development process (see
		QFD facilitation is then provided to help guide development personnel through the process of product planning using QFD.
		The QFD facilitation would be divided into planning phases that would occur over the course of the development cycle: 1.) product and subsystem planning and concept selection; 2.) assembly and part deployment; 3.) process planning; and 4.) process control and quality control planning.
	www.npd-solutions.com /qfdcons.html (465 words)

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