Quality Function Deployment – House of Quality

Description

Target audience

• Chief officers, directors andheads of departments who wish to play a greater role in determining the quality policy within their organisations.

• Senior management team members who wish to create the strategic dialogue, organisational environment, atmosphere, values and behaviour in which total quality management (TQM) can achieve its potential.

• Those who wish to create an organisational culture in which each person in every department is fully committed to improving their own performance and is dedicated to satisfying their internal customers’ needs and future expectations.

• Middle and first-line management who wish to play a key role in putting the principles of TQM in place at the sharp end of their organisation.

• Industrialists

• Management consultants

What you will learn

Upon completion of this course, you will be able to understand:

• The concept and methodology of quality function deployment (QFD).

• The construction of the House of Quality, and the planning, organisation and management of QFD projects.

• The benefits and pitfalls of QFD, and guidelines for its effective use.