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Published on: May 3, 2012
Innovative product design based on comprehensive customer requirements of different cognitive levels
Xiaolong Li1, Wu Zhao1, Yake Zheng2
1School of Manufacturing Science and Engineering, Sichuan University, First Ring Road, No. 24, Chengdu, Sichuan 610065, China.
Abstract:
To improve customer satisfaction in innovative product design, a topology structure of customer requirements is established and an innovative product approach is proposed. The topology structure provides designers with reasonable guidance to capture the customer requirements comprehensively. With the aid of analytic hierarchy process (AHP), the importance of the customer requirements is evaluated. Quality function deployment (QFD) is used to translate customer requirements into product and process design demands and pick out the technical requirements which need urgent improvement. In this way, the product is developed in a more targeted way to satisfy the customers. the theory of innovative problems solving (TRIZ) is used to help designers to produce innovative solutions. Finally, a case study of automobile steering system is used to illustrate the application of the proposed approach.
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