Technical Paper
Application of QFD: the Formula SAE design considering the Supply Chain
2006-11-21
2006-01-2747
Before the changes occurred in the production spectrum, communication needs to become more efficient. Hard competition in global market leads to decrease of the cycle time of product design. To improve research inside the industry, the use of management tools to robust design must be complemented with efficient communication's systems between Supply Chain and Product Design Process. This necessity can be proved studying the application of the management tools (QFD - Quality Function Deployment) to Product Development in a Formula SAE team. Its results, in a qualitative view, indicate the economic viability and the cost deployment to minimize the design stage and points up these multifunctional research teams structure and this professional graduate as a way to satisfy the communication failures. Diante das mudanças ocorridas no cenário produtivo, a comunicação necessita se tornar muito eficiente.