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Quality Function Deployment (QFD)

Quality Management: Tools, Methods, and Standards

ISBN: 978-1-78769-804-8, eISBN: 978-1-78769-801-7

Publication date: 9 May 2019

Abstract

Quality function deployment (QFD) is a method developed in Japan to help transform the voice of the customer into product characteristics and to control quality in the development/production phases. It minimizes the risk that products or services are far from the costumers’ needs and promotes company integration and quality management. Starting with the description of the “House of Quality,” the chapter explains how to build a QFD. Strengths and weaknesses of the methodology are also presented to the reader.

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Marson, E. and Sartor, M. (2019), "Quality Function Deployment (QFD)", Sartor, M. and Orzes, G. (Ed.) Quality Management: Tools, Methods, and Standards, Emerald Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 77-90. https://doi.org/10.1108/978-1-78769-801-720191005

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Emerald Publishing Limited

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