FUNCTION DEPLOYMENT MODEL FOR CONTINUOUS AND DISCONTINUOUS INNOVATION PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT

Sui-Man Ko () and Kai-Leung Yung
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Sui-Man Ko: Croucher Laboratory of Product Mechatronics, Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, HungHom, Kowloon, Hong Kong, R.O.C.
Kai-Leung Yung: Croucher Laboratory of Product Mechatronics, Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, HungHom, Kowloon, Hong Kong, R.O.C.

International Journal of Innovation and Technology Management (IJITM), 2006, vol. 03, issue 01, 107-128

Abstract: This paper proposes the use of a Function Deployment Model (FDM) for continuous and discontinuous innovation product development. To demonstrate its usefulness in a real situation, the model was applied to the design problem of a multi-function sampling instrument used in the ESA (European Space Agency) Beagle2 Mars Express mission. The proposed model is based on Quality Function Deployment (QFD) techniques for translating customer needs to engineering characteristics. An Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) is used to prioritize customer requirements while a Linear Programming (LP) optimization method is used to determine the feasible solution of the design variables within limited resources. An application of the new model is made on a real life example to show the proposed model's ability and its applicability to other disciplines.

Keywords: Continuous innovation; discontinuous innovation; new product development; quality function deployment; analytic hierarchy process; design optimization (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2006
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