Redesigned quality function deployment process to ensure customer satisfaction

International Journal of Business Innovation and Research

Volumn 1, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 149-169

  Hwoan Yoon, Cheol ^a   Pil Kim, Yong ^a   Kyun Yun, Deok ^a  

^a Hanyang University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Analytic Network Process (ANP); extreme pairwise comparison; House of Quality (HoQ); limiting probability; Quality Function Deployment (QFD); Six Sigma

Indexed keywords

EID: 39149145683     PISSN: 17510252     EISSN: 17510260     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/ijbir.2006.011094     Document Type: Article

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