...Quality Function Deployment of Custom Orientation Stabilization Integrated Systems September 23, 2012 Scott Jaster ENM5100 Quality Engineering Florida Institute of Technology ABSTRACT The purpose of this paper is to present a description of the Quality Function Deployment (QFD) process with respect to the development of an alternative means of multi-axis orientation stabilization. The intention is to discuss the quality control process of choosing the "best" components for the system, and meeting customer requirements before, during, and after product delivery. There will be an exploration of the Quality Function Deployment (QFD) process that pertains to the systems integration design, manufacture, and delivery process, from the user’s ultimate perspective. The interactions of the various components must be defined by the desired specifications, modeled, and analyzed to produce the optimal setup that meets the respective performance requirements of the user, while following along with the QFD process strategy. The focus will be on the House Of Quality (HOQ), described within. A related discussion will be the determination of the viability and functionality of designing a system capable of efficiently counteracting axial orientation wobbling; but this is the byproduct of the properly employed functional Quality process. Ultimately, the discussed Quality process allows the user to efficiently and subjectively determine the best engineering trade-offs related...
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...PASO 2. OBJETIVO DEL TRABAJO En este trabajo vamos a emplear el QFD (Quality Function Deployment) que detallaremos a continuación como herramienta para el diseño de un nuevo producto , en nuestro caso de un bolígrafo con un diseño adaptado a las nuevas necesidades de los estudiantes. Empleando este método tratamos de garantizar que todas las necesidades de los clientes sean cubiertas con las características del nuevo producto. Para ello, elaboramos distintos diagramas matriciales (matriz de necesidades del cliente, benchmarking competitivo, matriz de calidad o casa de calidad). A diferencia de los otros métodos, en el QFD son analizadas las necesidades de los clientes antes de diseñar el nuevo producto, intentando en mayor medida cumplir con dichos requisitos transformándolos en características de calidad y a partir de ellas, establecer un diseño de calidad para el producto. PASO 3 INTRODUCCIÓN A LA EMPRESA Y AL PRODUCTO. En nuestro caso la empresa a la que vamos a ayudar a elaborar un QFD es a BIC , PASO 4 (Aplicación de la metodología QFD y construcción) : 4.1- Obtención de la voz del cliente: En este primer paso hemos averiguado la necesidades de los clientes (QUEs), a través de los siguientes métodos: • Encuestas respondidas directamente por los clientes. • Entrevistas. • Estudios de mercado encontrados en internet. Analizando cada uno de los métodos anteriormente mencionados detenidamente...
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... C.P. 3018, Sfax, Tunisia, c Decision Aid Research Group, School of Commerce and Administration, Faculty of Management, Laurentian University, Sudbury, Ontario, Canada P3E2C6 E-mail: baouni@laurentian.ca Received 15 October 2008; received in revised form 29 March 2009; accepted 9 April 2009 Abstract Quality function deployment (QFD) is a customer-oriented design tool for developing new or improved products to achieve higher customer satisfaction by integrating various functions of an organization. The engineering characteristics (ECs) affecting the product performances are designed to match the customer attributes (CAs). However, from the viewpoint of the QFD team, product design processes are performed in imprecise environments, and more than one factor must be taken into account in determining the target levels of ECs, especially the limited resources and increased market competition. This paper presents an imprecise goal programming (GP) approach to determine the optimum target levels of ECs in QFD for maximizing customer satisfaction under resource limitation and considerations of market competition. Based on benchmarking data of CAs, the concept of satisfaction functions is utilized to formulate explicitly the customer’s preferences and to integrate the competitive analysis of target market into the modelling and solution process. In...
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...Service Operation Management Ashim Abhinav Ekka Assignment 14133 HOUSE OF QUALITY House of Quality is a diagram, resembling a house used for defining the relationship between customer desires and the firm/product capabilities. It is a part of the Quality Function Deployment (QFD) and it utilizes a planning matrix to relate what the customer wants to how a firm (that produces the products) is going to meet those wants. It looks like a House with a "correlation matrix" as its roof, customer wants versus product features as the main part, competitor evaluation as the porch etc. It is based on "the belief that products should be designed to reflect customers' desires and tastes”. It also is reported to increase cross functional integration within organizations using it, especially between marketing, engineering and manufacturing. QFD is a tool for translating customer requirements into company requirements and identifying features or capabilities required to become a best-in-class provider. Today, customers are demanding ever-more-challenging levels of quality. A customer lost due to poor quality may never return, and, even worse, may take several potential customers with it. For electronics manufacturing, in which M&As are routine and capital investment is increasing, a reasonable return on investment can be achieved only by being a superior supplier. One must understand the difference between value and price. With competition growing...
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...WELCOME TO LECTURE 6 Quality Function Deployment QFD House of Quality (HOQ) fgeorge@clemson.edu Lecture 6. Page 1 of 27 COURSE PERT CHART fgeorge@clemson.edu Lecture 6. Page 2 of 27 Where we are • • • • • We have seen how to define the problem We have seen how to decompose it We have seen how to be creative We have seen how to evaluate solutions Now how can we improve on existing products? - What does the CUSTOMER want? fgeorge@clemson.edu Lecture 6. Page 3 of 27 QFD:Definition QFD stands for Quality Function Deployment. Derived from six Chinese/ Japanese characters: 1. Hin shitsu: Qualities, features or attributes 2. Ki no: function 3. Ten kai: deployment QFD:- systematic way for developing products based on the needs of the customer. fgeorge@clemson.edu Lecture 6. Page 4 of 27 History of QFD Originally developed by Yoji Akao of Tokyo in 1966. First implemented at the Kobe Shipyard of Mitsubishi in 1972. Subsequently adopted by Toyota and other Japanese Firms. First QFD Training outside Japan at GM and Ford in 1972. Later by other companies around the world fgeorge@clemson.edu Lecture 6. Page 5 of 27 QFD : QUALITY FUNCTION DEVELOPMENT GOAL: •Recognize the correlations between the customer requirements and the product characteristics •Identify the product characteristics that affect specific customer requirements •Recognize the correlations within the engineering characteristics fgeorge@clemson.edu Lecture 6. Page 6 of 27 ...
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...Hotel Case Study Kioumars Paryani, Lawrence TechnoLogicaL UniversiTy ali masoudi, azad UniversiTy, soUTh Branch of Tehran ElizabEth a. CudnEy, MissoUri UniversiTy of science and TechnoLogy © 2010, asQ Quality function deployment (QFD) is a methodology for capturing and translating the voice of the customer (VOC) into engineering characteristics of products or services. In addition, the process prioritizes and deploys these customer-driven characteristics throughout the product or service development to meet the VOC (that is, customer needs, wants, and expectations). QFD determines effective development targets for the prioritized product and service characteristics. The QFD process has been used and documented extensively in product development. The service industry, however, lacks in the application of this process. The purpose of this paper is to show practitioners and researchers how this process, in its entirety, can be used as a planning process to link customer requirements and service characteristics in the hospitality industry. A case study was developed focusing on a specific hotel to illustrate the application of the QFD process in a five-star hotel. Key words: four-phase QFD, hospitality industry, quality function deployment, service, SERVQUAL, total quality management INTRODUCTION The service industry exhibits distinct features that are not shared in the manufacturing industry. Many service organizations are profit-earning business enterprises such as hotels...
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...Quality function deployment Quality function deployment (QFD) is a “method to transform user demands into design quality, to deploy the functions forming quality, and to deploy methods for achieving the design quality into subsystems and component parts, and ultimately to specific elements of the manufacturing process.”,as described by Dr. Yoji Akao, who originally developed QFD in Japan in 1966, when the author combined his work in quality assurance and quality control points with function deployment used in value engineering. QFD is designed to help planners focus on characteristics of a new or existing product or service from the viewpoints of market segments, company, or technology-development needs. The technique yields charts and matrices. QFD helps transform customer needs (the voice of the customer [VOC]) into engineering characteristics (and appropriate test methods) for a product or service, prioritizing each product or service characteristic while simultaneously setting development targets for product or service. Areas of application QFD is applied in a wide variety of services, consumer products, military needs , and emerging technology products. The technique is also used to identify and document competitive marketing strategies and tactics (see example QFD House of Quality for Enterprise Product Development, at right). QFD is considered a key practice of Design for Six Sigma (DFSS - as seen in the referenced roadmap). It is also included in the new ISO 9000:2000...
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...Victor A. Hernandez Breakthrough Gold Date: April 1, 2011 Breakthrough Gold Essay Each of the following tools helps identify who our customers are and what product or services they value. • Voice of the Customer (VoC) • The Kano Model • Lean Consumption Mapping • Quality Function Deployment The tools allow us to see through the eyes of the customer. In our environment the ultimate customer is the patient, however, we are also internal customers to each other, physicians, nurses and other organizational departments within HHC. The application of the VoC help us understand how our customers define value. This tool allows us to get feedback regarding what they expect their experience to be in their interaction with us. The feedback can be collected through focus groups, individual interviews, surveys etc. A VoC table is created to further understand the customer’s wants and their expectations regarding what they consider value from the services provided at HHC. The VoC table helps reveal the experience the customer wants when using our services. About the Person |VoC |I/E |Who |I/E |What |I/E |Where |I/E |When |I/E |Why |Who | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Additional data and information is also obtained by visiting the Gemba to further understand and see the waste in the process and the effect on the customer/patient. The Kano Model provides another method to understanding what our customers value. It forces us to ask; what are the...
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...EXPLAIN THE FUNCTIONS OF INTERNAL QUALITY ASSURANCE IN LEARNING AND DEVELOPMENT. Before looking at the functions of an internal quality assurer (IQA) role it is beneficial to understand what quality assurance is and why it has been established within the learning process. ‘Quality assurance can be defined as a system to monitor and evaluate a product or a service.’ Pg122 Assessors handbook It is the role of the IQA to uphold and maintain the credibility of the qualifications undertaken by candidates. The IQA supports this by helping employers and candidates to fully understand how these qualifications can further support and benefit their business. Thus ensuring effective delivery meeting the learners’ needs and expectations, which follows their agreed learning plan. They will maintain a close link between the learner, assessor and employer to enable full understanding in all assessment methods and the criteria they must adhere to. ‘Internal Quality Assurance is a key factor in managing ‘risk’ and ensuring that when certificates are claimed for learners the requirements of the national standards have been reliably met.’ (City & Guilds guidance on Internal Quality Assurance of Qualifications pg 6) The IQA team has a specific function with the assessment process within (education) centres. Although these functions may vary slightly, the guidelines the IQA’s work within remain the same. For example City & Guilds outline 4 main aspects to the IQA role, which state they...
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...QFD is a method of helping interfunctional teams of people from marketing, R&D, manufacturing, and sales work together to improve product development. Its main focus is around the “voice of the customer”. By using the House of Quality (HOQ) to understand the voice of the customer, they are able to translate this into the voice of the engineer to help keep a consistent design scheme. The first thing you must do is identify the customer’s needs. These range from the benefits they want to the service they expect to be provided. Personal interviews and focus groups are then made to find anywhere from 100-400 needs that the customers desire. The next step is structuring these needs into a hierarchy based on primary, secondary, tertiary, etc. After structuring the needs, they are then prioritized so that the most desired needs are taken care of first while the others are not deemed as necessary. The last thing that is done is to have the customers assess the current products to see which aspects they should replicate in future products. All of this must then be translated and communicated to the engineers to establish the “voice of the engineer.” They come up with design attributes such as time to perform task, initial setup time, and time for a new operator to perform the task. All of the engineering measures must then be compared with others. The engineers then specify the strongest relationships while leaving the other 60-70% blank. A roof matrix is then created to analyze...
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...integration between its legacy systems. As a strategic move, after a failure of an earlier ERP project, a new project called BMIS was envisioned. Highlights of BMIS project: • Vision: Functional councils of Methods, quality, Work and material planning, procurement created for role and direction determination. • Team: Best employees from various functions along with BTS (Business transformation services) with an employee to consultant ratio of 10:1. • Implementation strategy: Progressive and phased approach, beginning with Mirabel plant near Montréal. • Procurement function restructure: improvement of inventory visibility and anticipated substantial savings in product costs($ 22 million) and procurement overhead($7.1 million) • First Rollout challenges: lack of documentation, system functionality, substandard training material, tight training schedules and lack of role clarity during training. • Go Live: Power users and super users supported the move initially. Later on, if support staff was not able to resolve issues, the legacy systems were used to conduct business. • Stabilization: The project did not disrupt production schedules and the company delivered one more plane than planned during the period. There was overall saving of $ 1.2 billion. Procurement functions changed even though lots of others were de-scoped. • Next milestones: Two additional programs were implemented eventually with better rate of success at...
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...(6-8) page paper in which you: Determine key roles that human resource management plays in the health care field. Evaluate three to five (3-5) functions of human resource management in terms of their level of support to the health care field, and then select which one you believe is the primary function in furthering the health care field. More Details hidden... Activity mode aims to provide quality study notes and tutorials to the students of HSA 320 Week 4 Assignment 1 in order to ace their studies. HSA 320 WEEK 4 ASSIGNMENT 1 To purchase this visit here: http://www.activitymode.com/product/hsa-320-week-4-assignment-1/ Contact us at: SUPPORT@ACTIVITYMODE.COM HSA 320 WEEK 4 ASSIGNMENT 1 HSA 320 Week 4 Assignment 1 - Human Resource Management Overview - NEW 2015 Version Using the course readings, articles, and your personal experiences, address the role of human resource management. Write a six to eight (6-8) page paper in which you: Determine key roles that human resource management plays in the health care field. Evaluate three to five (3-5) functions of human resource management in terms of their level of support to the health care field, and then select which one you believe is the primary function in furthering the health care field. More Details hidden... Activity mode aims to provide quality study notes and tutorials to the students of HSA 320 Week 4 Assignment 1 in order to ace their studies. HSA 320 WEEK 4...
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...would a one to one function. As Malachi 2:14 says, “You ask, “Why?” It is because the Lord is the witness between you and the wife of your youth. You have been unfaithful to her, though she is your partner, the wife of your marriage covenant.” This scripture meaning that marriage is a covenant between a man and a woman before God. A Christian marriage is between a man and a woman, in front of God, and the marriage is permanent. Thus if the marriage is broken by way of divorce it is breaking a covenant between not only the man and woman, but also breaking a covenant between God. In the Bible, covenants are very important, as seen with the covenants between Abraham and God, Noah and God, etc. In mathematics there are functions and one to one functions. Marriage can be related to functions and ordered pairs. In an ordered pair there is the x and the y, which are also known as the domain (x) and the range (y). The definition of a function in math is when each element in the domain must go to a unique range element. The difference between a function and a one to one function is that in a one to one function it is a function for which each domain value is associated with exactly one range value, e.g., (3,2),(4,6),(1,5) IS a 1 to 1 function but, (3,2),(4,5),(1,5) IS NOT a 1 to 1 function because two x values produce the same y value of 5. Thus, in marriage if you input one spouse’s name it should return the other spouse’s name because marriage is a one to one function. Now, in America...
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...would a one to one function. As Malachi 2:14 says, “You ask, “Why?” It is because the Lord is the witness between you and the wife of your youth. You have been unfaithful to her, though she is your partner, the wife of your marriage covenant.” This scripture meaning that marriage is a covenant between a man and a woman before God. A Christian marriage is between a man and a woman, in front of God, and the marriage is permanent. Thus if the marriage is broken by way of divorce it is breaking a covenant between not only the man and woman, but also breaking a covenant between God. In the Bible, covenants are very important, as seen with the covenants between Abraham and God, Noah and God, etc. In mathematics there are functions and one to one functions. Marriage can be related to functions and ordered pairs. In an ordered pair there is the x and the y, which are also known as the domain (x) and the range (y). The definition of a function in math is when each element in the domain must go to a unique range element. The difference between a function and a one to one function is that in a one to one function it is a function for which each domain value is associated with exactly one range value, e.g., (3,2),(4,6),(1,5) IS a 1 to 1 function but, (3,2),(4,5),(1,5) IS NOT a 1 to 1 function because two x values produce the same y value of 5. Thus, in marriage if you input one spouse’s name it should return the other spouse’s name because marriage is a one to one function. Now, in America...
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...Finally average the scaled up image patches y using the weighting factor for recovery of the scale-up image Ys back from the patches y. Repeat the same for the decomposed input LR image Z to obtain the scale- up image Zs. Combine Ys and Zs to form the sparse represented scale-up input image Xs. Peak Signal To Noise Ratio Peak signal to noise ratio is abbreviated as PSNR. It is measured in terms of logarithmic decibel. PSNR is the ratio between the maximum power of the signal to the power of the corrupted noise [ ] [ ]. PSNR is the measure of the quality between the original input image and the scaled up image. It describes the variations in the pixel values. If the PSNR value is high, then the quality of the image will be the higher. PSNR is computed using the mean square error which is given as MSE= 1/(m n) [I(i,j)-K(i,j)]^2 (7) MSE is calculated for the m x n original image I and the corrupted noisy image is the K. The PSNR is defined as, PSNR = 10.〖log〗_10(〖〖MAX〗_I〗^2/MSE)...
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