A fuzzy group decision-making method in the relationship between customer requirements and technical measures of quality function deployment

International Journal of Industrial Engineering : Theory Applications and Practice

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 211-219

  Liu, Chin Hung ^a   Wu, Hsin Hung ^b  

^a NATIONAL CHIN YI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHANGHUA UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Fuzzy group decisionmaking; Fuzzy preference relation; House of quality; Quality function deployment

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; CUSTOMER SATISFACTION; FUZZY SETS; PRODUCT DESIGN; QUALITY FUNCTION DEPLOYMENT; SALES; SPECIFICATIONS;

CROSS-FUNCTIONAL TEAMS; CUSTOMER REQUIREMENTS; FUZZY GROUP DECISION MAKING; FUZZY GROUPS; FUZZY PREFERENCE RELATIONS; GROUP DECISION MAKING PROCESS; HOUSE OF QUALITY; QUALITY FUNCTION DEPLOYMENTS (QFD);

DECISION MAKING;

EID: 77949287992     PISSN: 10724761     EISSN: 1943670X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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