A new integrated approach for engineering characteristic prioritization in quality function deployment

Abstract As a customer-driven quality improvement tool, quality function deployment (QFD) can convert customer requirements (CRs) into appropriate engineering characteristics (ECs) in product design and development. However, the conventional QFD method has been criticized for a variety of drawbacks, which limit its efficiency and potential applications. In this study, a new QFD approach integrating picture fuzzy linguistic sets (PFLSs) and the evaluation based on distance from average solution (EDAS) method is proposed for the determination of ranking order of ECs. The PFLSs are utilized to express the judgements of experts on the relationships among CRs and ECs. Then, the EDAS method is extended under picture fuzzy linguistic environment for the prioritization of the ECs identified in QFD. Moreover, a combined weighing method based on technique for order of preference by similarity to ideal solution (TOPSIS) and maximum entropy theory is established to calculate the weights of experts objectively. Finally, a product-service system design is provided to illustrate the effectiveness of the proposed QFD approach. The result shows that the manufacturer should pay more attention to “Meantime before failure”, “Warning feature” and “Quality of product manual”. Feedback from domain experts indicates that the integrated approach being proposed in this paper is more suitable for assessing and prioritizing ECs in QFD.

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