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Quality Function Deployment

Quality Function Deployment (QFD) is a structured method for translating customer needs — the voice of the customer — into specific technical requirements at every stage of product or service development. Originating in Japan in the 1960s, QFD uses a matrix-based tool called the House of Quality to make customer priorities visible, link them to engineering parameters, expose trade-offs, and maintain focus on what customers actually value throughout the design process.

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Quality Function Deployment (House of Quality)

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Akao, Y. (Ed.). (1990). Quality Function Deployment: Integrating Customer Requirements into Product Design. Productivity Press. · ISBN 978-0915299416
Hauser, J. R., & Clausing, D. (1988). The house of quality. Harvard Business Review, 66(3), 63–73. · URL

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