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Quality Function Deployment How to Make QFD Work for You

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ISBN-10: 0201633302

ISBN-13: 9780201633306

Edition: 1995

Authors: Louis Cohen

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This book offers engineers and quality professionals the information they need to move past the introductory House of Quality stage of Quality Function Deployment (QFD). Features: shows how to derive the full benefits of QFD tools and techniques in hardware and software development, and more.
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Book details

List price: $64.99
Copyright year: 1995
Publisher: Prentice Hall PTR
Publication date: 5/31/1995
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 99998
Size: 7.75" wide x 9.75" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 1.892
Language: English

Foreword
Introduction
About Qfd
What Is QFD?
Brief Capsule Description
History of QFD
What Is QFD Being Used for Today?
Discussion Questions
How QFD Fits in the Organization
The Challenge to the Organization
Decreasing Costs
Increasing Revenues
Cycle Time Reduction
Obstacles to Rapid Product Development
QFD's Role as Communication Tool
Concurrent Engineering: A Paradigm Shift
Kano's Model
The Lesson From Kano's Model
Qfd At Ground Level
Getting Ready for the Details
The Seven Management and Planning Tools
Affinity Diagram
Tree Diagram
The Matrix Diagram
The Prioritization Matrix
Overview of the House of Quality
Tour of the House of Quality
Summary
Discussion Questions
Customer Needs/Benefits Section
Gather the Voice of the Customer
Sort the Voice of the Customer into Major Categories
Structure the Needs
The Planning Matrix
Importance to the Customer
Customer Satisfaction Performance
Competitive Satisfaction Performance
Goal and Improvement Ratio
Sales Point
Raw Weight
Normalized Raw Weight
Cumulative Normalized Raw Weight
Substitute Quality Characteristics (Technical Response)
Top-Level Performance Measurements
Product Functions
Product Subsystems
Process Steps
Impacts, Relationships, and Priorities
Amount of Impact
Impact Values
Priorities of Substitute Quality Characteristics
Negative Impacts
Many-to-Many Relationships
Technical Correlations
Meaning of Technical Correlations
Responsibility and Communication
Correlations Network
Technical Benchmarks
Benchmarking Performance Measures
Benchmarking Functionality
Targets
Numerical Targets
Nonnumerical Targets
Qfd From 10,000 Feet
The Larger Picture: QFD and Its Relationship to the Product Development Cycle
Cross-Functional Communication
Enhanced QFD and Concept Selection
Robustness of Product or Service
QFD in an Imperfect World
Marketing Functions in Engineering-Driven Environments
Engineering Functions in Marketing-Driven Environments
QFD in Engineering-Driven Organizations
QFD in Marketing-Driven Organizations
Manufacturing and QFD
Sales and QFD
Service and QFD
Exerting Influence beyond Organizational Barriers
Qfd Handbook
Introduction to the Handbook
The QFD Manager's Role
Summary
Phase 0: Planning QFD
Establish Organizational Support
Determine Objectives
Decide on the Customer
Decide on the Time Horizon
Decide on the Product Scope
Decide on the Team and Its Relationship to the Organization
Create a Schedule for the QFD
Acquire the Facilities and Materials
Phase 1: Gathering the Voice of the Customer
Qualitative Data and Quantitative Data
Classifying Customer Needs
Gathering Qualitative Data
Reactive versus Proactive Modes
Analyzing Customer Data
Quantifying the Data
Voice of the Customer Overview
Phase 2 and Phase 3: Building the House and Analysis
Sequencing of Events
Group Processes/Consensus Processes
Beyond The House Of Quality
Beyond the House of Quality
The Clausing "our-Phase Model"
The Akao "Matrix of Matrices"
Special Applications of QFD
Total Quality Management
Strategic Product Planning
Organizational Planning
Cost Deployment
Software Development
QFD for the Service Industry
Afterword
Bibliography
Index 0201633302T04062001