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Using Quality Function Deployment And Analytical Hierarchy Process For Material Selection Of Body-In-White, Mahmoud Abdelhamid
Using Quality Function Deployment And Analytical Hierarchy Process For Material Selection Of Body-In-White, Mahmoud Abdelhamid
Mahmoud M Abdelhamid
Presented manuscript discusses the usage of multi-attribute decision making tools to assist in the material selection for vehicular structures; mainly the automotive Body-In-White (BiW) panels at the conceptual design stage using Quality Function Deployment (QFD) and Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP). The main advantage of using QFD and AHP is their abilities to rank choices in the order of their effectiveness in meeting the functional objective. AHP discriminates between competing options where interrelated objectives need to be met; AHP is based on straightforward mathematical formulations. QFD on the other side is a customer focused method that usually starts by collecting customer …