A mixed integer goal programming model for discrete values of design requirements in QFD |
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Authors: | Elif Kılıç Delice Zülal Güngör |
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Affiliation: | 1. Industrial Engineering Department , Atatürk University , 25240, Erzurum, Turkey elifkilic@gazi.edu.tr;3. Industrial Engineering Department , Gazi University , 06570, Maltepe-Ankara, Turkey |
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Abstract: | A main feature of quality function deployment (QFD) planning process is to determine target values for the design requirements (DRs) of a product, with a view to achieving a higher level of overall customer satisfaction. However, in real world applications, values of DRs are often discrete instead of continuous. Therefore, a mixed integer linear programming (MILP) model considering discrete data is suggested. As opposed to the existing literature, the fulfilment levels of DRs are assumed to have a piece-wise linear relationship with cost; because, constraints of technology and resource rarely provides a linear relationship in manufacturing systems. In the proposed MILP model, we considered customer satisfaction as the only goal. But, QFD process may be necessary to optimise cost and technical difficulty goals as well as customer satisfaction. Therefore, by developing the MILP model with multi-objective decision making (MODM) approach, a novel mixed integer goal programming (MIGP) model is proposed to optimise these goals simultaneously. Finally, MILP model solution turns out to be a more realistic approach to real applications because piece-wise linear relationship is taken into account. The solution of MIGP model provided different alternative results to decision makers according to usage of the lexicographic goal programming (LGP) approach. The applicability of the proposed models in practice is demonstrated with a washing machine development problem. |
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Keywords: | goal programming integer programming discrete values piece-wise linear relations quality function deployment |
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