Quality Functional Deployment

LIMS systems in LABORATORY INFORMATION MANAGETffiNT SYSTEMS] (Vol 14) Quality function deployment... 

Quality Function Deployment. Sometimes referred to as the House of Quahty, quahty function deployment (QFD) is a technique for translating the voice of the customer iato design requirements (19). This is a systematic approach identifyiag customer expectations and relating the expectations to product properties. The usage of QFD ia the chemical iadustry appears to be growing. QFD results ia chemical specifications optimized to assure the material is suitable for its iatended use and performs up to customer expectations. 

Disciplined Approach to Problem Definition Specific technical objectives Quality function deployment or similar process Acquisition of background, literature, etc Networked to many technology resources Scientific Method... 

ASI 1987 Quality Function Deployment Executive Briefing. American Supplier Institute. 

Sullivan, L. P. 1987 Quality Function Deployment. Quality Progress, May, 39-50. 

Part of quality function deployment to systematically assess relations between Q attributes and technological specifications. 

Costa, A.I.A., Dekker, M., and Jongen, W.M.F., Quality function deployment in the food industry a review. Trends Food Sci. TechnoL, 11, 306, 2000. 

Beimer, M. et ah. Quality function deployment (QFD) can it be used to develop food products Food Qual. Pref, 14, 327, 2003. 

Quality control testing, of silicones, 22 601 Quality control unit, 27 159 Quality cost, 27 178 Quality factor, of filtration, 77 330 Quality Function Deployment (QFD), 27 172-173... 

Quality Function Deployment set targets for the engineering characteristics of the product that satisfy the customers requirements... 

Once the customer needs (top level CTQs) have been defined a DFSS team needs to determine how process parameters that can be addressed, such as raw materials, process control parameters, etc. are related to the ability to deliver customer CTQs. This is done by generating a series of quality functional deployment (QFD) matrices as sketched in Fig. 3. There is no hard and fast rule on how many levels a QFD needs. Frequently, polymer and chemical QFDs have only three levels as there are no subassemblies, and consequently, there is no need for a parts QFD because process specifications relate directly to the process design CTQs. 

Cohen, L. Quality Function Deployment How to Make QFD Work for You Addison-Wesley, 1995. 

Quality function deployment (QFD), also referred to as customer driven engineering and matrix product planning , is a useful quality and planning tool which uses a structured approach in defining all the customer needs or requirements and translates these into design requirements for product development. 

Akao, Y., ed. 1990. Quality function deployment. Cambridge, Mass., USA Productivity Press. 

Day, R. G. 1993. Quality function deployment Linking a company with its customers. Milwaukee ASQC Quality Press. 

Figure 13 Quality Function Deployment. (Copyright 1980-1998 Associates in Process Improvement)...

What Quality function deployment (QFD) is a tool for organizing information when designing a process or product. 

Q, R) model, 1671 QC, see Quality circle QCD (quality, cost, and delivery), 552 QFD, see Quality function deployment QFP (quad flat pack), 424 Q1 teams, see Quality improvement teams Q-leaming, 1780 QLs (query languages), 119 QMS standards, see Quality management systems standards QoS, see Quality of service QR system, see Quick response system QS 9000 standard, 1973 Quad flat pack (QFP), 424 Quadratic programming problems (constrained optimization), 2555, 2562 Quality. See also Rehabihty in advanced planning and scheduling (APS), 2049... 

The fundamental principle is the identification of value from the customer s point of view. Customers shall get the ordered products as desired regarding quality, quantity, delivery date, and place. It has to be proven whether the enterprise interprets the customer value successfully, and therefore the offered products fulfill the customer needs completely. An appropriate concept to prove this is, for example, the quality function deployment. This concept is used to break down and link all characteristics of a product and the corresponding customer needs to find out whether all needs get fulfilled and all product characteristics create a customer value. 

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