Quality Function Deployment application

It is not the goal of this book to provide a detailed description of how AHP works, therefore, anyone interested in a comprehensive review of how to use AHP method, please refer to Saaty (1980). For a literature review on the integrated analytic hierarchy process and its applications, please refer to the work developed by Ho (2008), where he reviews the five tools that are commOTily combined with the AHP process, like mathematical programming, quality function deployment (QFD), meta-heuristics, SWOT analysis and data envelopment analysis (DEA). 

Quality Function Deployment (QFD) is a technique to translate requirements — defined by customers — into specifications for a product or service. The tool is promoted as part of total quality and Six Sigma improvement efforts. QFD captures the voice of the customer and has application for supply chain processes, including physical flow, needed flexibility, extended product features, and new product introduction. QFD forces supply chain designers to consider customer needs important in design. This lowers the risk of leaving something out. 

Application of an analysis tool. Quality Function Deployment (QFD), to supply chain design... 

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Video data transmissions can require a significant bandwidth that depends on the video parameters such as frame rate, resolution and quality (compression). If talking about a virtual community built around VPN/LAN (high-speed intranet in which bandwidth is not an issue) higher-quality transmission can be setup. Even in such cases, there are limits to what a PC can reasonably capture, for example, the application shouldn t exceed 80% of CPU capacity on Windows. Most applications are deployed over the Internet and the bandwidth requirements can profoundly affect the application s functioning and the user experience. The proposed framework considers those aspects, that way the smallest appropriate dimensions and lowest acceptable frame rate is selected in a dynamic manner (within the bandwidth management function). 

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