Prioritizing quality characteristics in dynamic quality function deployment

International Journal of Production Research

Volumn 44, Issue 23, 2006, Pages 5005-5018

  Raharjo, H ^a   Xie, M ^a   Brombacher, A C ^a,b,c,d  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b Design Technology Institute   (Singapore)

^c Design Technology Institute   (Netherlands)

^d EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Dynamic quality function deployment; Future voice of the customer; Prioritization; Quality loss function; User preference; Zero one goal programming

Indexed keywords

BUDGET CONTROL; CUSTOMER SATISFACTION; OPTIMIZATION; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

DYNAMIC QUALITY FUNCTION DEPLOYMENT; FUTURE VOICE OF THE CUSTOMERS; QUALITY CHARACTERISTICS (QC); QUALITY LOSS FUNCTION; USER PREFERENCE; ZERO ONE GOAL PROGRAMMING;

QUALITY ASSURANCE;

EID: 33750347961     PISSN: 00207543     EISSN: 1366588X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207540600547414     Document Type: Article

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