The concept of Kano-QFD integration for nonlinear customer needs in product and service design

High quality of product and service is always demanded by customers. Conversely, poor quality of product and service will result with customer dissatisfaction. However, this linear relationship is no longer accurate due to the complexity nature of customer needs. Non-linear relationship should be co...

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Main Authors: Nordin, N., Razli Che Razak
Format: Non-Indexed Article
Published: Penerbit Akademia Baru 2014
Online Access:http://discol.umk.edu.my/id/eprint/8407/
http://www.akademiabaru.com/doc/ARSRV4_N1_P1_6.pdf
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Summary:High quality of product and service is always demanded by customers. Conversely, poor quality of product and service will result with customer dissatisfaction. However, this linear relationship is no longer accurate due to the complexity nature of customer needs. Non-linear relationship should be considered for more accurate evaluation of customer needs. This paper presents a concept of Kano model and Quality Function Deployment (QFD) integration to evaluate the non-linearity of customer needs towards the quality of products or services. By a case study, the developed Kano-QFD model is validated with the theory of Kano model and found to have well agreement. Further application for product development is recommended for future research.