QFD Call for Papers 2009

Send your paper proposal by June 15, 2009.

Speaker Benefits     |    Selection Criteria     |     Acceptance Process 

The QFD Institute is issuing a Call for Papers for the 21st Symposium on Quality Function Deployment, scheduled for Saturday, December 5, 2009 in Savannah, Georgia USA.

This Symposium welcomes paper proposals from all industries and countries. Both completed projects and those still in progress are candidates for presentation. Interested parties are invited to send this online application.

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I am applying for

21st Symposium on QFD, scheduled for December 5, 2009 in Savannah, Georgia USA.

My Full Name

Job Title

Organization

Industry

Street address

Address (cont.)

City

State/Province

Zip/Postal code

Country

Work Phone

Work E-mail

Alternative E-mail or Phone

Paper Title

Co-authors

Please list all co-authors, their name, job title, company, mailing address, and email address.

This paper will report

Select all that apply.

QFD application implemented by me (my team) for my company's project.

QFD application implemented for a client or company that contracted me/us.

QFD research including conceptual, integration, hypothetical, comparative, or other studies.

Proposal or introduction of a new concept or method related to QFD.

A hypothetical QFD case study / virtual example.

Other. Please explain.

Data Source

Please describe your data source and data collection methods that you are using or plan to use for this paper.

Presentation

Select all that apply.

 If accepted, I will certainly attend and present my paper at the Symposium. I have no problem doing so.

 If accepted, I may attend and present my paper at the Symposium, depending on the funding from my university. I am not sure at this point.

 I have authorization from my company/my client's company to disclose and present the application examples, data, and research findings described in this paper.

 I am currently seeking authorization from my company/my client's company to disclose and present the case studies, data, and research described in this paper.

 My paper requires peer review.

Abstract

(approx. 50 words)

Summary

To the extend possible at this time, please describe your paper in more details, including the project, QFD tools, methods of data collection, analysis, and reference sources that you are using or plan to use for this paper.

If you are an academic scholar, researcher, or consultant, please send author information and abstract with this Form, and then send a full paper (final paper or draft paper) to this address in place of a summary.

Brief Biography of Author(s)

Please provide a short introduction of each author, as well as your QFD background, how you learned QFD, etc.