Dynamic benchmarking methodology for quality function deployment

2008 IEEE International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management, IEEM 2008

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 224-228

  Raharjo, Hendry ^a   Brombacher, Aarnout C ^b   Chai, Kah Hin ^c   Bergman, Bo ^a  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Customer competitive assessment; Forecasting; Importance rating; QFD

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING; PRODUCT DESIGN; QUALITY FUNCTION DEPLOYMENT; SALES; TECHNOLOGICAL FORECASTING;

BENCHMARKING METHODOLOGIES; COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGES; CUSTOMER COMPETITIVE ASSESSMENT; CUSTOMER NEEDS; CUSTOMER VALUES; DESIGN PROCESS; EXPONENTIAL SMOOTHING; FORECASTING TECHNIQUES; IMPORTANCE RATING; POINT VALUES; QFD; TARGET SETTINGS; WEIGHTING SCHEMES;

BENCHMARKING;

EID: 62749127036     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IEEM.2008.4737864     Document Type: Conference Paper

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