Applying Quality Function Deployment to environmentally conscious design

International Journal of Quality and Reliability Management

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 90-106

  Masui, Keijiro ^a   Sakao, Tomohiko ^b   Kobayashi, Mitsuru ^c   Inaba, Atsushi ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^b MITSUBISHI RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^c SHINKO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES CO LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

Development; Environment; Environmental impact assessment; Product design; Quality function deployment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862611802     PISSN: 0265671X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02656710310453836     Document Type: Article

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