Resource allocation using QFD and softness concepts during preliminary design

Engineering Optimization

Volumn 28, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 33-62

  Colton, J S ^a   Staples, J W ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Automobile design; Preliminary design; Quality function deployment; Resource allocation; Soft numbers

Indexed keywords

CONCURRENT ENGINEERING; COSTS; LINEAR PROGRAMMING; PROCESS CONTROL; PRODUCTION CONTROL; QUALITY CONTROL; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

QUALITY FUNCTION DEPLOYMENT (QFD);

PRODUCT DESIGN;

EID: 0030721113     PISSN: 0305215X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03052159708941126     Document Type: Article

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