Applying Quality Function Deployment to environmentally conscious design
International Journal of Quality & Reliability Management
ISSN: 0265-671X
Article publication date: 1 February 2003
Abstract
Presents a methodology for applying Quality Function Deployment (QFD) for environmentally conscious design in the early stage of product development. This methodology has been developed by incorporating environmental aspects into QFD to handle the environmental and traditional product quality requirements simultaneously. The “QFD for environment (QFDE)” proposed consists of four phases. Designers can find out which parts are the most important in enhancing environmental consciousness of their products by executing QFDE phase I and phase II. Further, a methodology is developed to evaluate the effects of design improvement on environmental quality requirements as phases III and IV. The results obtained from the case study of IC package show that QFDE could be applicable in the early stage of assembled product design, because the most important component from the viewpoint of the environment is clearly identified and multiple options for design improvement are effectively evaluated.
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Citation
Masui, K., Sakao, T., Kobayashi, M. and Inaba, A. (2003), "Applying Quality Function Deployment to environmentally conscious design", International Journal of Quality & Reliability Management, Vol. 20 No. 1, pp. 90-106. https://doi.org/10.1108/02656710310453836
Publisher
:MCB UP Ltd
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