Application of the QFD as a design approach to ensure comfort in using hand tools: Can the design team complete the House of Quality appropriately?

Applied Ergonomics

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 519-526

  Kuijt Evers, L F M ^a,b   Morel, K P N ^b   Eikelenberg, N L W ^a   Vink, P ^a,b  

^a TNO   (Netherlands)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Comfort; Hand tool design; QFD

Indexed keywords

DESIGN; ERGONOMICS; QUALITY FUNCTION DEPLOYMENT; SALES; TOOLS;

COMFORT; CUSTOMER NEED; DESIGN APPROACHES; DESIGN METHOD; ENGINEERING CHARACTERISTICS; HAND TOOL DESIGN; HOUSE OF QUALITY; USER EVALUATIONS;

HAND TOOLS;

ADULT; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HAND; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; MALE; PAIN;

EID: 60149090993     PISSN: 00036870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apergo.2008.09.009     Document Type: Article

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