QFD: House of Quality

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Correlations

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No Correlation

Relationships

Strong ●
Moderate ○
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Direction of Improvement

Maximize ▲
Target ◇
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Adjustable Height  on the knee joints and the strap
Direction of Improvement    ▼ ▼ ▼ Customer Competitive Assesment
Requirements
Functional 

Width of adjustable knee joint 
number of component (pieces)

Number of Spring used 

Competitor #10: Product Name
Thickness of knee joint

Competitor #2: Product Name

Competitor #4: Product Name

Competitor #9: Product Name
Competitor #1: Product Name

Competitor #3: Product Name

Competitor #5: Product Name

Competitor #6: Product Name

Competitor #7: Product Name

Competitor #8: Product Name
Strength of spring
Type of Material 

Number of Strap
Factor of Safety
   Maximum Relationship

Complexity 

Mechanism
Weight (N)

Durability
   Customer Importance
   Relative Weight
   Weight Chart

Customer 

Our Product
Requirements 
(Explicit and 
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Implicit) 0 1 2 3 4 5
 

1 ||||||||||||||||||| 50% 6 9 Mounting ● ● ○ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1

2 |||||||||||| 25% 3 9 lense cleaning ● ○ ▽ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2

3 |||||||||||| 25% 3 3 Vibration damping ○ ○ ○ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3

4 0% 0 9 Cormfortability ● ○ ● ● ▽ ▽ ○ ▽ ○ ○ ● ▽ ● 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4

5 0% 9 User friendly  ● ● ○ ○ ○ ○ ● ● ○ ○ ● ● ● 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5

6 0% 9 Attractive ▽ ○ ● ○ ▽ ▽ ○ ○ ○ ○ ● ▽ ▽ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6

7 0% 9 Reliability ○ ● ● ● ● ● ● ○ ▽ ○ ○ ▽ ▽ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7

8 0% 9 Cost Of Production ○ ● ● ● ○ ● ● 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8

9 0% 9 Convenient ● ○ ○ ○ ● ○ ○ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9

10 0% 9 Portability ● ▽ ○ ● ○ ▽ ○ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10

Our Product
11 0% 9 Stillness ○ ● ● ● ○ ▽ ▽ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Competitor #1: Product Name
11

Competitor #2: Product Name

12 0% 9 Type of Design ○ ● ○ ○ ○ ○ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Competitor #3: Product Name
12

Competitor #4: Product Name

13 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13
Competitor #5: Product Name
Competitor #6: Product Name
14 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14
Competitor #7: Product Name
Competitor #8: Product Name
15 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15
Competitor #9: Product Name
Competitor #10: Product Name
16 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16
Target for Functional 

Target for Functional 

Target for Functional 

Target for Functional 

Target for Functional 

Target for Functional 

Target for Functional 

Target for Functional 

Target for Functional 

Target for Functional 
Target for Functional 

Target for Functional 

Target for Functional 

Target for Functional 

Target for Functional 

Target for Functional 
Requirement #13

Requirement #14
Requirement #10

Requirement #11

Requirement #12

Requirement #15

Requirement #16
Requirement #3

Requirement #4

Requirement #5

Requirement #6

Requirement #8

Requirement #9
Requirement #1

Requirement #2

Requirement #7

Target    

Max Relationship    9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 3 3 9 9 9
Technical Importance Rating    750 600 250 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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Relative Weight    47% 38% 16% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0%

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Weight Chart   
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Our Product 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Competitor #1: Product Name 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Competitor #2: Product Name 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Competitor #3: Product Name 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Competitor #4: Product Name 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Competitor #5: Product Name 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Technical Competitive Assesment

Competitor #6: Product Name 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Competitor #7: Product Name 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Competitor #8: Product Name 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Competitor #9: Product Name 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Competitor #10: Product Name 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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Our Product Competitor #1: Product Name Competitor #2: Product Na me

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Competitor #3: Product Na me Competitor #4: Product Name Competitor #5: Product Na me
Competitor #6: Product Na me Competitor #7: Product Name Competitor #8: Product Na me
Competitor #9: Product Na me Competitor #10: Product Na me
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Template Revision: 0.9               Date: 4/23/2010
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