Al‐Mashari, Majed; Zairi, Mohamed; Ginn, David - In: Industrial Management & Data Systems 105 (2005) 9, pp. 1245-1260
Purpose – This paper presents the concepts and principles of quality function deployment (QFD) as they have been implemented by Ford company. The paper illustrates the essential linkages between external and internal customers to suppliers (i.e. “Voice‐Quality‐Satisfaction” Chains)....