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Showing 1 to 20 of 77 for “"customer requirements"”.
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Integrating Product Functional and Decision-Making Models into a Single Survey to Better Understand Customer Requirements
… development investment when designing to meet customer expectations. To better understand customer requirements so that functional design can be integrated into what the customer requires, this thesis proposes a methodology to measure customer functional preferences quantitatively as a …
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Printed circuit assembly prototyping : an analysis of customer requirements and improving initiatives within Hewlett-Packard's Loveland Circuit Assembly Center
Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management, and Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, 1995.
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Customer Focussed Technology Selection Using Expert Opinion. Incorporating the 'Voice of the Customer' and Expert Opinion in Technology Selection.
… to differentiate their products and fulfil customer requirements. A method to assess the impact of technologies on the fulfilment of customer requirements has been investigated in this research. The main focus is the application of advanced technologies, which may be still in the concept …
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The Russian trumpet sonata: a study of selected representative sonatas for trumpet and piano with an historical overview of the Russian trumpet school
… decisions, resolving conflict, and responding to customer requirements. A 12-page survey was developed exploring all aspects of virtual teams. 180 surveys were distributed, 52 were returned representing 43 companies. Training led to higher effectiveness in planning tasks and setting goals, solving …
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Virtual Teams and Technology: The Relationship between Training and Team Effectiveness
… decisions, resolving conflict, and responding to customer requirements. A 12-page survey was developed exploring all aspects of virtual teams. 180 surveys were distributed, 52 were returned representing 43 companies. Training led to higher effectiveness in planning tasks and setting goals, solving …
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Design methodology using empirical and virtual analysis with application to compliant systems
… suitable product design methods to an identified customer need. The generation and evaluation of conceptual designs satisfying engineering and customer requirements is a primary purpose of existing methods. Numerical and experimental techniques often can determine the feasibility of meeting the …
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Design of manual grading and packing lines for fish processing plant
… be designed based on general factory layout and customer requirements, such as production capacity and a number of product grades. Emphasis will be made on such aspects as product quality preservation, workstation ergonomics, service access, product flow/transportation from one station to another …
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Virtual teams: The relationship between organizational support systems and effectiveness
… decisions, resolving conflict, and responding to customer requirements. One hundred and eighty surveys were sent to information technology managers and collaborative team members, representing 43 companies. The results indicated that developing new roles for IT professionals and senior managers …
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Understanding and managing uncertainty in lean aerospace product development
… project risks and uncertainties in areas such as customer requirements, product performance, and issues that may arise later in the product's life cycle. A commercial aircraft system project is explored as a case study. The system is comprised a numerous subsystems developed by separately managed …
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Effective platform designs for medium lift helicopters
… faster design generation and reduced planning requirements. Through historical review of the S70 helicopter and the derivatives oft he basic model this thesis demonstrates that platform design methodologies address and minimize many of the difficulties associated with both the manufacture and …
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A case study of requirements in the helicopter industry
… to maximize the fit of their products with customer requirements while reducing time to market and life cycle costs. This thesis provides an overview of the present helicopter industry and the challenges it faces in the product development process. The thesis presents a generic product …
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Developing and managing organizational capabilities to meet emerging customer needs : insights from the Joint Strike Fighter program
… integrate knowledge, understand and respond to customer needs, manage technological interdependencies, create interorganizational alliance networks, and solve complex technical problems as they design and build complex engineering systems. Enterprises must meet emerging customer needs by …
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Capturing Requirements Meeting Customer Intent: A Methodological Approach
… related to how well that product meets the customer's needs and intents. It is paramount, therefore, to capture customer requirements correctly and succinctly. Unfortunately, most development models tend to avoid, or only vaguely define the process by which requirements are generated. Other …
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Mechanical performance of optical fibre cable: A theoretical and practical analysis to establish advanced design rules for optical fibre cables.
… signal attenuation phenomena and has shown how customer requirements may be successfully achieved through the logical application of proven physical principles.
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Optimization of the Control Strategy for a Range Extender Vehicle
… electric power. The control is restricted by customer requirements due to the concept of the vehicle. A Model-in-the-Loop is created to simulate the control strategy with support of a battery model. Therefore, the control strategy is optimized in a Matlab/Simulink environment. The simulation …
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Mobile Business as Strategic Tools in the US Airline Industry
… on the way an airline creates value to its customers. Key success factors discussed in this thesis are user experience, the value contribution of mobile technology, and customer requirements. Crucial elements found for matching these factors are to expedite and facilitate processes, the …
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A fluid loop actuator for active spacecraft attitude control - A Parametric Sizing Model and the Design, Verification, Validation and Test with a Prototype on an Air Bearing
… for any mission, based on pump capabilities and customer requirements. The model can be applied to circular, square and helical fluid loops, and includes the power consumption due to viscous friction. A configurable prototype was developed to verify the model, as well as a spherical air bearing …
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A multi-attribute approach to conceptual system design decisions based on Quality Function Deployment (QFD) and the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP)
… the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP), with a customer-focused design methodology, Quality Function Deployment (QFD). The result is a hybrid methodology more complete than either of the two alone, involving synthesis, analysis, and evaluation activities necessary for completing conceptual …
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