Methodological problems in QFD and directions for future development

Research in Engineering Design

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 21-36

  Van De Poel, Ibo ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Arrow's Impossibility Theorem; Market segments; Methodology; Optimization; Product development; Quality function deployment

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CUSTOMER SATISFACTION; OPTIMIZATION; PRODUCT DESIGN; THEOREM PROVING;

ARROW'S IMPOSSIBILITY THEOREM; MARKET SEGMENTS; METHODOLOGY; QUALITY FUNCTION DEPLOYMENT (QFD);

PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 34247565678     PISSN: 09349839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00163-007-0029-7     Document Type: Article

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