Mechatronic Systems Engineering 2202A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Quality Function Deployment, Requirement, Relate
Method of better understanding the customer needs and relating them to the PDS
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QFD was developed to bring a personal interface to modern manufacturing and business
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QFD links the needs of the customer (end user) with design, development, engineering,
manufacturing, and service functions
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Understanding customer needs
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What 'value' means to the customer
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Understanding how customers or end users become interested, choose, and are
satisfied
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Analyzing how we know the needs of the customer
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Deciding what features to include
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Determining what level of performance to deliver
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Intelligently linking the needs of the customer with design, development, engineering,
manufacturing, and service functions
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QFD provides a comprehensive development process for:
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Should be employed at the beginning of every project (original or redesign)
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Customer requirements should be translated into measurable design targets
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It can be applied to the entire problem or any subproblem
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First worry about what needs to be designed then how
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It takes time to complete, but pays off later in the design process
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Also known as House of Quality
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QFD Chart
Who are they?
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Identify the customers
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Steps in QFD Process
Quality Function Deployment (QFD)
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Listen to the voice of the customer first: need to identify the customer
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Consumer
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Regulatory agencies
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Manufacturing
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Marketing/Sales
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In most cases, there is more than one customer
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Customers drive the development of the product, not the designer
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What do the customers need and want?
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Need to determine what is to be designed
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List all the demanded qualities at the same level of abstraction
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Product works as it should
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Lasts a long time
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Is easy to maintain
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Looks attractive
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Incorporates latest technology
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Has many features
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Consumer
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Easy to produce
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Uses available resources
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Uses standard components and methods
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Minimum waste
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Manufacturing
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Meets customer requirements
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Easy to package, store, and transport
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Marketing/Sales
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Determine the customers' requirements
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Document Summary
Method of better understanding the customer needs and relating them to the pds. Qfd was developed to bring a personal interface to modern manufacturing and business. Qfd links the needs of the customer (end user) with design, development, engineering, manufacturing, and service functions. Understanding how customers or end users become interested, choose, and are satisfied. Analyzing how we know the needs of the customer. Intelligently linking the needs of the customer with design, development, engineering, manufacturing, and service functions. Should be employed at the beginning of every project (original or redesign) Customer requirements should be translated into measurable design targets. It can be applied to the entire problem or any subproblem. First worry about what needs to be designed then how. It takes time to complete, but pays off later in the design process. Listen to the voice of the customer first: need to identify the customer. In most cases, there is more than one customer.