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US 2006/0136276 A1Published application
System and method for linking quality function deployment to system engineering
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorThierry Schmitt
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Abstract
The present invention is directed to a method, system, and computer program managing a product lifecycle. In a preferred embodiment, the present invention offers a product design system linking a PDM tool supporting a System Engineering process to a Quality Function Deployment (QFD) tool.
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A product lifecycle management system comprising:
- Product Data Management (PDM) means for generating a product design from a client's specifications;
- Quality Function Deployment (QFD) means for generating engineering specifications from a user's expectations;
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- means for linking the product design to the engineering specifications.
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A method for managing a product lifecycle, the method comprising:
- generating a product design from a client's specifications using a Product Data Management (PDM) tool;
- generating engineering specifications from a user's expectations using a Quality Function Deployment (QFD) tool;
- and
- linking the product design to the engineering specifications.
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The method of 9, further comprising:
- storing the created relationship within the PDM tool.
A program product stored on a computer-readable medium, which when executed, manages a product lifecycle, the program product comprising:
- program code for generating a product design from a client's specifications using a Product Data Management (PDM) tool;
- program code for generating engineering specifications from a user's expectations using a Quality Function Deployment (QFD) tool;
- and
- program code for linking the product design to the engineering specifications.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.