
Quality Function Deployment
Integrating Customer Requirements into Product Design
Yoji Akao(Author)
Productivity Press
1st Edition
Published on 3. November 2004
Book
Paperback/Softback
392 pages
978-1-56327-313-1 (ISBN)
Description
Quality Function Deployment (QFD) is a method for satisfying customers by translating their demands into design targets and quality assurance points. For a thorough "how-to" on the implementation of QFD, we went directly to the source -- Yoji Akao, the creator of QFD and one of the foremost leaders of the Japanese Total Quality Control movement.
In this unprecedented book he explains the concepts and methods of this remarkable systems engineering approach. Filled with case studies, detailed charts, and over 100 diagrams, this book is a complete reference tool for QFD implementation.
It includes-
Use of the demanded quality deployment chart.
Using and promoting quality charts.
Using quality control process charts: QFD at the pre-production.
Quality deployment and reliability deployment.
Quality development in the construction industry.
QFD for the service industry.
QFD for software development.
In this unprecedented book he explains the concepts and methods of this remarkable systems engineering approach. Filled with case studies, detailed charts, and over 100 diagrams, this book is a complete reference tool for QFD implementation.
It includes-
Use of the demanded quality deployment chart.
Using and promoting quality charts.
Using quality control process charts: QFD at the pre-production.
Quality deployment and reliability deployment.
Quality development in the construction industry.
QFD for the service industry.
QFD for software development.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Portland
United States
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Inc
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Academic, Postgraduate, Professional, and Professional Practice & Development
Dimensions
Height: 280 mm
Width: 210 mm
Thickness: 21 mm
Weight
956 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-56327-313-1 (9781563273131)
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E-Book
11/2024
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€125.99
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E-Book
11/2024
Productivity Press
€125.99
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Person
Yoji Akao
Content
List of Charts and Figures Publisher's Foreword Introduction by Bob King Preface Chapter 1. An Introduction to Quality Function Deployment Chapter 2. Using the Demanded Quality Deployment Chart Chapter 3. Using and Promoting Quality Charts Chapter 4. Using Quality Deployment Charts: Subsystems, Parts Deployment, Quality Assurance Charts Chapter 5. Using the Quality Control Process Charts: Quality Function Deployment at the Preproduction Stage Chapter 6. Quality Function Deployment and Technology Deployment Chapter 7. Quality Deployment and Reliability Deployment Chapter 8. Quality Deployment and Cost Deployment Chapter 9. Quality Function Deployment in Process Industries Chapter 10. Quality Deployment in the Construction Industry Chapter 11. Quality Function Deployment for the Service Industry Chapter 12. Quality Function Deployment for Software Development About the Author/Editor-in-Chief Glossary Index