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Analyze the healthcare service requirement using fuzzy QFD
Computers in Industry, 2015A fuzzy QFD methodology to analyze healthcare service requirement is proposed.A methodology helps understand customer's requirements for service improvement.The methodology was trial implemented into the healthcare services in Singapore.39 fuzzy rules and new insights in healthcare service improvement are provided.
C K M Lee, W H Ip, K L Choy
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Fuzzy QFD for supply chain management with reliability consideration
Reliability Engineering and System Safety, 2001Abstract Although many products are made through several tiers of supply chains, a systematic way of handling reliability issues in a various product planning stage has drawn attention, only recently, in the context of supply chain management (SCM).
So Young Sohn
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Towards a QFD-based expert system: A novel extension to fuzzy QFD methodology using rough set theory
Expert Systems With Applications, 2010Quality function deployment (QFD) has been widely recognized as an effective means to develop quality products that can maximize customer satisfactions. This paper presents a novel extension to the fuzzy QFD methodology using rough set theory, with the aim to facilitate decision making in the early stages of product development and lead to the ...
Z W Zhong
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A framework for VSM integrated with Fuzzy QFD
The TQM Journal, 2015Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to apply a framework for value stream mapping (VSM) integrated with fuzzy quality function deployment (QFD) for enabling scientific prioritization of improvement proposals to improve leanness.
R. Mohanraj +3 more
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Strategic management of logistics service: A fuzzy QFD approach
International Journal of Production Economics, 2006Abstract Logistics and Supply Chain Management literature indicates that customer service management has become a strategic issue for companies in the new millennium. By improving logistics performances, companies increase customer satisfaction and gain market shares.
BOTTANI, Eleonora, RIZZI, Antonio
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Design for Remanufacturing - A Fuzzy-QFD Approach
2013This paper proposes a methodology based on fuzzy sets theory and qualify function deployment (QFD) for integrating the various remanufacturing design factors into the initial product definition stage and providing a compromising solution for different or sometimes conflicting design requirements.
Shanshan Yang, S. K. Ong, A. Y. C. Nee
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A fuzzy QFD approach to achieve agility
International Journal of Production Economics, 2009In modern business environments, agility is advocated as the fundamental characteristics for competitiveness. Little research, however, exists which provides integrated methodologies suitable to be practically adopted to enhance agility of companies.
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Use of ANP weighted crisp and fuzzy QFD for product development
Expert Systems with Applications, 2014Quality Function Deployment (QFD) is a popular planning method often used to transform customer demands/requirements into the technical characteristics of a new or improved product or service. In order to better capture (and represent) the multifarious relationships between customer requirements and technical characteristics, and the relative weights ...
Selim Zaim +5 more
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Use of Fuzzy QFD in Construction Project Developing
Advanced Materials Research, 2011Quality function deployment (QFD) is a process that has been used for managing the development of new manufactured products. In this process, both spoken and unspoken needs of the customers are determined, prioritized, and translated to design parameters.
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