The interconnectedness among auxiliary benefits and supporting practices within the Quality Function Deployment process

International Journal of Six Sigma and Competitive Advantage

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 137-155

  Kovach, Jami ^a   Fredendall, Lawrence D ^b   Cho, Byung Rae ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^b CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Clemson University   (United States)

Author keywords

Communication; Creativity; Decision making; Design for Six Sigma; DFSS; Documentation; Goal theory; Information processing theory; New product development; Organisational learning theory; QFD; Quality Function Deployment; Teamwork

Indexed keywords

EID: 35648938640     PISSN: 14792494     EISSN: 14792753     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJSSCA.2007.015013     Document Type: Article

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