The ocean covers more than 70% of the earth¡¦s surface. Taiwan is surrounded by the sea. The defense of the coastal areas and territorial waters depends on the navy, and the navy must make use of various types of warships to exercise command of the sea and safeguard marine peace. With the development of science and technology, weaponry today is more complicated. In order to meet the demand for fighting, warships have higher particularity and complexity than commercial ships. So during the construction of warships we must control the quality of shipbuilding, and guarantee that every performance of a warship can match the demands of fighting, and reach the best result of fighting applications. Based on the government policy of "domestic construction of warships", and the downsizing program of the military. This thesis will start from documented discussions, according to the characteristics of warships¡¦ construction, and adopt the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) to exploit multi-estimate criteria models of the naval supervisors and the shipyard operation system. Then calculate the weights of all the characteristics and use the Quality Function Deployment (QFD) to build up the house of quality. This study will combine the theoretical and actual experiences to discuss the relation between the demands of the customer (navy) and the shipyard operation system. Several recommendations have been made in order to improve overall performance of the domestic construction of warships. We hope that domestic shipbuilding corporations can do long-term planning and investment on the construction of warships. The navy can also perform warships¡¦ construction frugally and independently. In this way, the navy and the domestic shipbuilding corporations can understand each other better and get the best benefits.

This thesis reviews Quality Function Deployment (QFD) and its relation with the Total Quality Management philosophy. In particular the thesis focuses on the inherent drawbacks of QFD and it investigates potential techniques and methods that could be integrated with QFD to overcome some of its problems. Fuzzy Logic/Fuzzy Sets and the Taguchi Method are identified as techniques and methods to be incorporated within the QFD process to provide a more consistent, quantitative and rigorous method to analyse subjective data in the QFD charts. Two approaches are developed that integrate Fuzzy Logic and Fuzzy Set theory with QFD to identify and rectify inconsistencies in the input data in the QFD charts. Another approach that integrates the Taguchi Method and QFD is further developed to set more precise technical target values in the QFD chart. Case studies are used to illustrate the results of the developed Fuzzy-QFD and the QFD-Taguchi approaches. The synergistic approaches take into account nteractions between requirements, which are not utilised in the traditional QFD charts. In addition, it was found that the resulting data in the QFD charts are sensitive to the interaction in the correlation matrices, therefore another method is also proposed to detect inconsistencies in the correlation matrices by utilising an inference mechanism and multi-valued logic theory. An integrated systems approach to QFD is eventually developed that forms a synergy between QFD, Fuzzy Logic/Fuzzy sets and the Taguchi Method. This results in a superior approach that combines the inherent benefits of each of the individual approaches. The integrated systems approach to QFD is a generic approach that can be used for other case studies provided that in addition to the relationship matrix and customer importance ratings, the correlation matrices and benchmarking data are readily available. As a result of this research, the subjectivity and ill-defined data in the QFD process have been partially resolved by the application of Fuzzy Logic/Fuzzy sets. The QFD analysis has been made more rigorous by integrating it to more quantitative techniques (Fuzzy Logic/Fuzzy sets) and method (Taguchi Method). It has been identified that demands are dependent on each other in the QFD charts and how including these dependencies in the problem can change the results. This problem has been addressed by considering interactions between the demands in the Fuzzy-QFD and QFD-Taguchi approaches developed. These interactions between demands have been identified and dealt with in the developed approaches, such that they no longer provide sub-optimal solutions.

Diversos modelos foram criados para representar o processo de desenvolvimento de produto nos últimos anos. Entretanto, a adaptação destes modelos ao desenvolvimento de serviços na era web ainda é incipiente. Nesta área, a sistematização do processo de desenvolvimento de novos serviços necessita de maior fundamentação teórica e prática, principalmente pelo alto crescimento do setor de serviços web. Essa dissertação propõe uma sistematização do processo de gestão do desenvolvimento de novos serviços e-serviços fornecidos exclusivamente pela web, denominados nesse estudo de serviços web. Como forma de atingir este objetivo são propostos nesse trabalho um modelo padronizado de gestão do desenvolvimento para novos serviços web e um método de planejamento da qualidade com base no QFD (Desdobramento da Função Qualidade), considerando indicadores de qualidade e custos para a definição de prioridade de demandas e melhorias aplicado em um portal de jogos casuais. Por fim, apresenta-se uma demonstração de aplicação do modelo de gestão do desenvolvimento e do método de planejamento da qualidade, orientando os gestores no processo de desenvolvimento de novos serviços web para o desenvolvimento de um serviço de classificados online. / In recent years, several models representing the product development process have been created. However, the adaptation of such models to Web services development is yet to grow. In this regard, systematization of the development process for new services requires further practical and theoretical substantiation, particularly because of the significant growth of the Web services sector. This study proposes a systematization of the development management process for new e-services provided exclusively on the Web, hereafter referred to as Web services. Consequently, this study proposes a standardized model to manage the development of new web services and a quality planning method based on Quality Function Deployment, by considering cost and quality indicators as a way to set improvement and demand priorities applied to a casual gaming portal. Finally, the application of the development management model and the quality planning method are demonstrated with regard to development of an online classifieds service, and guidance presented for managers involved in such development processes.

Diversos modelos foram criados para representar o processo de desenvolvimento de produto nos últimos anos. Entretanto, a adaptação destes modelos ao desenvolvimento de serviços na era web ainda é incipiente. Nesta área, a sistematização do processo de desenvolvimento de novos serviços necessita de maior fundamentação teórica e prática, principalmente pelo alto crescimento do setor de serviços web. Essa dissertação propõe uma sistematização do processo de gestão do desenvolvimento de novos serviços e-serviços fornecidos exclusivamente pela web, denominados nesse estudo de serviços web. Como forma de atingir este objetivo são propostos nesse trabalho um modelo padronizado de gestão do desenvolvimento para novos serviços web e um método de planejamento da qualidade com base no QFD (Desdobramento da Função Qualidade), considerando indicadores de qualidade e custos para a definição de prioridade de demandas e melhorias aplicado em um portal de jogos casuais. Por fim, apresenta-se uma demonstração de aplicação do modelo de gestão do desenvolvimento e do método de planejamento da qualidade, orientando os gestores no processo de desenvolvimento de novos serviços web para o desenvolvimento de um serviço de classificados online. / In recent years, several models representing the product development process have been created. However, the adaptation of such models to Web services development is yet to grow. In this regard, systematization of the development process for new services requires further practical and theoretical substantiation, particularly because of the significant growth of the Web services sector. This study proposes a systematization of the development management process for new e-services provided exclusively on the Web, hereafter referred to as Web services. Consequently, this study proposes a standardized model to manage the development of new web services and a quality planning method based on Quality Function Deployment, by considering cost and quality indicators as a way to set improvement and demand priorities applied to a casual gaming portal. Finally, the application of the development management model and the quality planning method are demonstrated with regard to development of an online classifieds service, and guidance presented for managers involved in such development processes.

Diversos modelos foram criados para representar o processo de desenvolvimento de produto nos últimos anos. Entretanto, a adaptação destes modelos ao desenvolvimento de serviços na era web ainda é incipiente. Nesta área, a sistematização do processo de desenvolvimento de novos serviços necessita de maior fundamentação teórica e prática, principalmente pelo alto crescimento do setor de serviços web. Essa dissertação propõe uma sistematização do processo de gestão do desenvolvimento de novos serviços e-serviços fornecidos exclusivamente pela web, denominados nesse estudo de serviços web. Como forma de atingir este objetivo são propostos nesse trabalho um modelo padronizado de gestão do desenvolvimento para novos serviços web e um método de planejamento da qualidade com base no QFD (Desdobramento da Função Qualidade), considerando indicadores de qualidade e custos para a definição de prioridade de demandas e melhorias aplicado em um portal de jogos casuais. Por fim, apresenta-se uma demonstração de aplicação do modelo de gestão do desenvolvimento e do método de planejamento da qualidade, orientando os gestores no processo de desenvolvimento de novos serviços web para o desenvolvimento de um serviço de classificados online. / In recent years, several models representing the product development process have been created. However, the adaptation of such models to Web services development is yet to grow. In this regard, systematization of the development process for new services requires further practical and theoretical substantiation, particularly because of the significant growth of the Web services sector. This study proposes a systematization of the development management process for new e-services provided exclusively on the Web, hereafter referred to as Web services. Consequently, this study proposes a standardized model to manage the development of new web services and a quality planning method based on Quality Function Deployment, by considering cost and quality indicators as a way to set improvement and demand priorities applied to a casual gaming portal. Finally, the application of the development management model and the quality planning method are demonstrated with regard to development of an online classifieds service, and guidance presented for managers involved in such development processes.

Tendencies in product development of today make it likely that many future products will be functional equivalent and therefore hard to distinguish between for the customer. Customers will decide by highly subjective criteria which product to purchase. One task for product development in this context is to be able to capture the customer’s considerations and feelings of products and translate these emotional aspects into concrete product design. Today a number of different methods, such as Quality Function Deployment (QFD), Semantical Environment Description (SMB), Conjoint Analysis and Kansei Engineering exist and are used in practical applications. The purpose of this thesis is to understand and apply Kansei Engineering methodology and explore ways to integrate the methodology into an industrial product development process. This was done by conducting a study on forklift trucks in different European countries and business areas and by exploring ways of integrating Kansei Engineering in product development processes. The number of Kansei words collected was reduced based on the result of a pilot study using a combination of different tools. A computerized data collection method was used in combination with a modified VAS-scale in order to reduce the time for filling out the evaluation forms The results of the study in the visited Northern and Middle European companies make it evident that Kansei Engineering has to be adapted in several aspects to the circumstances in each situation. The data showed that there are differences in attitude towards reach trucks in the different European countries. These results were used in order to adapt the product requirements for each specific country. Starting at Cooper’s stage gate model Kansei Engineering was applied on a macro level, a micro level and for verifying purpose. Using QFD, Kansei Engineering helps to identify customer needs their importance and the technical responses as well as to conduct benchmarking and to connect the customer needs mathematically to the technical responses. This study of Kansei Engineering revealed that there was no general model on the methodology available in English literature. Outgoing from a previous flowchart, a conceptual framework of Kansei Engineering was developed integrating the existing Kansei Engineering Types and future tools. / <p>ISRN/Report code: LiU-Tek-Lic 2002:19</p>

Made available in DSpace on 2016-12-23T14:05:52Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Dissertacao_Flavia_Ferraz_Pego.pdf: 542086 bytes, checksum: c357aa162f3c73833516a514f7949dd3 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2006-12-18 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / This paper has the objective of identifying the priority points of the Urban Passengers Transport System by bus within the city of Vitória ES by the passengers, hereafter referred to as `users´, the bus company and the office within the local Government, applying the Quality Function Deployment (QFD), that established the correlation between the company and both the Government body and users perception. From results obtained, it is the intention to give subsidies for the bus company and the Government body in order to prioritize some aspects relating to the quality of service, taking into consideration the users perception in relation to the importance of customer satisfaction. Amongst the stages of the methodology highlights the following: Questionnaire for the customers whereby the levels of customer satisfaction was gauged, and the degree of importance given to each issue found in previous research. Also including correspondence received in customer suggestion boxes was taken into consideration. Meetings taken place with both the employees of the bus company and the government body, whereby the employees identified the items necessary for monitoring and checking, and established its correlation of Quality Demand. From the outcome of both the results of the questionnaire and issues addressed at subsequent meetings, were built the matrix for quality of both Company and Government body, which resulted in the prioritization of monitoring and checking. In relation to the users satisfaction level, the research showed that more than half of those interviewed evaluated the items towards the fleet and crew as ´good´. The response relating to the actual operating of the company had the highest percentage of results identifying rated as ´regular´ ´bad´ and´ ´ very bad´. Also where the items that had the highest number of evaluations were rated ´very important´ and ` important´. In relation to prioritizing the items of the company monitoring, highlighted the items related to index of execution of trips and rate of occupation of the vehicle. In relation to prioritizing of checking by the Government body concluded that it had had three areas highlighted: to assure the accomplishment of the constant trips in the Orders of Service of Operation and to assure that the schedule of exit and arrival of the vehicles are accomplished. A further priority raised was the penalty which would be applied to the company in the event of a violation of the items being checked. Through this prioritization was observed a difference of point of view between the users and the Government body regarding the quality of service provided by the bus company. This indicated the necessity of a review of priorities of the Government body and the afore mentioned company. / Este estudo tem como objetivo identificar os pontos prioritários do Sistema de Transporte Urbano de Passageiros por Ônibus da cidade de Vitória ES, sob as perspectivas dos usuários, da empresa e do órgão gestor, aplicando uma metodologia baseada no método Desdobramento da Função Qualidade QFD, que estabelece uma correlação entre as percepções da empresa e do órgão gestor com as percepções dos usuários. A partir dos resultados obtidos, pretende-se fornecer subsídios para a empresa e para o órgão gestor priorizarem determinados aspectos relacionados à qualidade do serviço, considerando a percepção dos usuários a respeito da importância e da satisfação com estes aspectos. Dentre as etapas da metodologia, destacam-se: a aplicação de um questionário junto aos usuários, onde foram medidos o nível de satisfação e o grau de importância que os mesmos atribuem aos itens da qualidade demandada que foram identificados a partir de informações de pesquisas de satisfação anteriores e fichas de reclamação e sugestão da empresa; e reuniões realizadas com os funcionários da empresa e do órgão gestor, onde os funcionários identificaram os itens de monitoramento e fiscalização, respectivamente, e estabeleceram suas correlações com os itens da qualidade demandada. A partir das matrizes de correlação, foram construídas as Matrizes da Qualidade da empresa e do órgão gestor, que resultou na priorização dos itens de monitoramento e de fiscalização. Em relação ao nível de satisfação dos usuários, a pesquisa mostrou que mais da metade dos entrevistados avaliou os itens referentes à Frota e a Tripulação como bons. Os itens relacionados à Operação tiveram os maiores percentuais de avaliação regular, ruim e péssimo, e foram também os itens que tiveram maior número de avaliações muito importante e importante. Em relação à priorização dos itens de monitoramento da empresa, destacam-se os itens relacionados a atrasos dos veículos, índice de cumprimento de viagens e taxa de ocupação do veículo. Em relação à priorização dos itens de fiscalização do órgão gestor, conclui-se que, a realização das viagens constantes nas Ordens de Serviço de Operação e o cumprimento de horário de saída e chegada dos veículos são os três itens de maior prioridade. Os itens de fiscalização também foram priorizados considerando além da satisfação e da importância, os valores das multas aplicadas às empresas na ocorrência de infração dos itens de fiscalização. Por meio desta priorização, foi observada divergência entre o que o usuário e o órgão gestor consideram importante para a qualidade do transporte coletivo urbano, o que indica a necessidade de revisão dos itens prioritários do órgão gestor e também das empresas operadoras.

<p>Tendencies in product development of today make it likely that many future products will be functional equivalent and therefore hard to distinguish between for the customer. Customers will decide by highly subjective criteria which product to purchase. One task for product development in this context is to be able to capture the customer’s considerations and feelings of products and translate these emotional aspects into concrete product design.</p><p>Today a number of different methods, such as Quality Function Deployment (QFD), Semantical Environment Description (SMB), Conjoint Analysis and Kansei Engineering exist and are used in practical applications.</p><p>The purpose of this thesis is to understand and apply Kansei Engineering methodology and explore ways to integrate the methodology into an industrial product development process.</p><p>This was done by conducting a study on forklift trucks in different European countries and business areas and by exploring ways of integrating Kansei Engineering in product development processes.</p><p>The number of Kansei words collected was reduced based on the result of a pilot study using a combination of different tools. A computerized data collection method was used in combination with a modified VAS-scale in order to reduce the time for filling out the evaluation forms The results of the study in the visited Northern and Middle European companies make it evident that Kansei Engineering has to be adapted in several aspects to the circumstances in each situation. The data showed that there are differences in attitude towards reach trucks in the different European countries. These results were used in order to adapt the product requirements for each specific country. Starting at Cooper’s stage gate model Kansei Engineering was applied on a macro level, a micro level and for verifying purpose. Using QFD, Kansei Engineering helps to identify customer needs their importance and the technical responses as well as to conduct benchmarking and to connect the customer needs mathematically to the technical responses.</p><p>This study of Kansei Engineering revealed that there was no general model on the methodology available in English literature. Outgoing from a previous flowchart, a conceptual framework of Kansei Engineering was developed integrating the existing Kansei Engineering Types and future tools.</p> / ISRN/Report code: LiU-Tek-Lic 2002:19

As the introduction of semiconductor¡Bcomputer¡Bnetwork communcation¡Bmulti-media technology¡K¡Ketc. and the development and application of relevant automotive electronics, the car has becoming a high technological product instead of a traditional and machnical conveyance. Based on IC Insights, over 40% of vehicles will be equipped with automotive electronics and the automotive electronics market will reach the scale of US$192 billion in 2010. The scale of market is expected to reach the record of US$400 billion that represented over 50% of vehicles will be equiped with automotive electronics in 2015. The automotive electronics was divided to six functional field including ¡§Powertrain¡¨¡B¡¨Body¡¨¡B¡¨Chassis¡BSecurity¡¨¡B¡¨Safety¡¨ and ¡§Driver information¡¨. According to the research of IEK, ¡§Tire Pressure Monitoring System¡¨ is the most potential product in ¡§Safety¡¨ field for Taiwan manufacturers of IT industry to invest their resource. Based on Strategy Analytics, the global market of Tire Pressure Monitoring System reaches the scale of US$200 million in 2004 and the growth is expected to reach the record of US$1,279 million in 2008 and 63.6% annual compound growth. Quality Function Deployment (QFD) is a systematical tool with customer orientated concept. Adopting QFD method to product design efficiently is able to shorten development time¡Breduce cost and improve quality to satisfy customer¡¦s needs in his or her mind. This research is completed by case study of Tire Pressure Monitoring System (TPMS) which is developed by certain Taiwan company with potentials that is chosen by specialists. In this research we try to collect related information about certain company and explore customer¡¦s real-life needs by conducting questionnaire surveys. Kano¡¦s two-dimensional quality model is applied to identify customer¡¦s critical quality requirements. Quality factor¡Bsub-system/component and process are deployed by the matrix method of QFD to recognize key items for improving product design.

Η παρούσα διπλωματική εργασία εκπονήθηκε στα πλαίσια του μεταπτυχιακού προγράμματος MBA «Νέες αρχές Διοίκησης Επιχειρήσεων» του τμήματος Διοίκησης Επιχειρήσεων του Πανεπιστημίου Πατρών, κατά το έτος 2013. Αντικείμενο της εργασίας είναι η παρουσίαση μιας μεθοδολογίας που μπορεί να αξιοποιηθεί για τον σχεδιασμό καλύτερων υπηρεσιών. Η εφαρμογή πραγματοποιείται για την διερεύνηση της αποδοτικότητας των υπηρεσιών μιας τράπεζας. Για τον σκοπό αυτό χρησιμοποιήθηκαν προκαθορισμένα κριτήρια (πρόταση από φίλο, φήμη, έξοδα λογαριασμών, τοποθεσία, επιτόκια δανείων, πάρκινγκ, πιστωτική πολιτική) τα οποία διαδραματίζουν σημαντικό ρόλο στην απόφαση των πελατών για την τράπεζα που θα επιλέξουν. Τα κριτήρια αυτά εξετάζονται ξεχωριστά για κάθε τμήμα της τραπεζικής αγοράς (στεγαστικά δάνεια, καταναλωτικά δάνεια, πιστωτικές κάρτες, άλλα δάνεια, λογαριασμοί ταμιευτηρίου, λογαριασμοί προθεσμιακών καταθέσεων και μερίδια αμοιβαίων κεφαλαίων) και υπολογίζονται οι συντελεστές στάθμισης που αντιστοιχούν στο καθένα. Οι συντελεστές αυτοί, έχουν ιδιαίτερη αξία για τα στελέχη της τράπεζας γιατί δείχνουν την αξία που έχει κάθε κριτήριο για τον πελάτη. Με αυτό τον τρόπο, τα στελέχη έχουν την δυνατότητα να σχεδιάσουν τις τραπεζικές υπηρεσίες δίνοντας μεγαλύτερη έμφαση στα κριτήρια με τη μεγαλύτερη βαρύτητα έτσι ώστε να επιτυγχάνεται καλύτερη ικανοποίηση των αναγκών των πελατών. Πιο συγκεκριμένα, στην παρούσα εργασία μελετάται η περίπτωση μιας ελληνικής τράπεζας, που κατέχει υψηλό μερίδιο αγοράς και για καθεμία από τις υπηρεσίες της υπολογίζονται οι συντελεστές στάθμισης. Η τράπεζα αυτή αναφέρεται ως Τράπεζα Χ στην υπόλοιπη εργασία για ευνόητους λόγους. Η επίλυση του προβλήματος πραγματοποιείται με δύο τρόπους: 1) με την χρήση της μεθοδολογίας AHP (Analytic Hierarchy Process) σε συνδυασμό με τη μέθοδο QFD (Quality Function Deployment) για την συμπλήρωση του πίνακα HOQ (House of Quality) και 2) την χρήση της μεθοδολογίας DEAHP (Data Envelopment Analytic Hierarchy Process) σε συνδυασμό με το QFD για την συμπλήρωση του HOQ. Τα αποτελέσματα της παρούσας μελέτης δείχνουν ότι και στις δύο μεθοδολογίες η κατάταξη των κριτηρίων βάσει των προτιμήσεων των πελατών είναι σχεδόν η ίδια. Συγκεκριμένα, τα δύο πρώτα κριτήρια στα οποία οι πελάτες δίνουν μεγαλύτερη βαρύτητα είναι τα έξοδα λογαριασμών και τα επιτόκια δανείων. Ακολουθούν τα κριτήρια φήμη, πρόταση από φίλο, πάρκινγκ κατά φθίνουσα σειρά κατάταξης και τελευταία είναι τα κριτήρια τοποθεσία και πιστωτική πολιτική. Ωστόσο, οι συντελεστές βαρύτητας των κριτηρίων που υπολογίστηκαν είναι διαφορετικοί στο συνδυασμό των μεθοδολογιών QFD-AHP σε σχέση με QFD-DEAHP. Αυτό συμβαίνει λόγω των διαφορετικών τρόπων επίλυσης και διαφορετικών υποθέσεων που χρησιμοποιούνται σε καθεμία μεθοδολογία. / This study was conducted at the Department of the Postgraduate program “New principles of Business Administration” in department of Business Administration of the University of Patras. The objective of this study is to present a methodology which can be used to design better services. This methodology is applied in order to investigate the efficiency of the services of a bank. For this purpose we used pre-defined criteria (recommendation by friends, reputation, expense accounts, location, interest charges on loans, parking, credit policy) which play an important role when the customers select a bank. These criteria are examined separately for each segment for the banking market (housing loans, consumer loans, credit cards, other loans, direct access deposits, time deposit accounts, matual funds shares) and we calculate the relative weight of each criterion. The relative weights above are important for the bank executives because they show the impact of each criterion in the opinion of customers. In this way, executives are able to design their banking services placing emphasis on the criteria with the highest preference in order to satisfy customer needs. Specifically, in this study we examine the case of a Greek bank with high market share and we calculate the weights for each service of the bank. This bank is called Bank X in the remaining study for obvious reasons. The problem was solved with two different ways: 1) by using the combination of AHP (Analytic Hierarchy Process) with QFD (Quality Function Deployment) methodology in order to complete the matrix of HOQ (House of Quality) and 2) by using DEAHP (Data Envelopment Analytic Hierarchy Process) methodology and QFD in order to complete the HOQ. The results of this study show that the ranking of bank selection criteria is almost the same for both methodologies. Specifically the first two criteria which customers seems to prefer are the expenses accounts and interest charges on loans. The rest of criteria are reputation, recommendation by friends, parking in descending order of priority and finally are the criteria location and credit policy. However, the weights which calculated for each criterion are different in combination of methodologies QFD-AHP compared with QFD-DEAHP. This happens because of the different ways of solving and different assumptions which are used in each methodology.