Operations / Automotive and Auto Ancillary [ India ]

2 months

Expert to support the development of QFD for Backhoe loader Client

CLIENT:
A leading Big4 consulting firm for an electrical/electronic manufacturing company
CONSULTANT:
A dynamic professional offering over 18 years of experience in Product Engineering, vehicle integration, CEV Cabs design & development, team management, project execution, ergonomics, design layouts and leading NPIP programs. He has worked as Head – Operator Environment Engineering at JCB India Ltd for PAN India products – Backhoe Loader, Compactors, Excavator & Wheel Loaders. Rich experience of working in Vehicle integration team of Backhoe Loader in companies like JCB India Ltd. & Terex Construction Pvt. Ltd.
ASSIGNMENT:
Client needed support on the following -
Product specifications that need to be benchmarked with the competition, give recommendations on localization consideration, Support in the translation of VoC to engineering requirements, by validating & verifying the client's hypotheses statements, Support & validate the prioritization score for the engineering requirements. They would like the expert to give recommendations on manufacturing considerations for BHL.
OUTCOME:
Expert supported in identifying the right competitors to benchmark the product and defined the product characteristics for each of the engineering requirements that have been derived from VoC. Supported in assigning scores across the relationship matrix and competitive value in the QFD framework. Also guideded in the importance rating, technical difficulty, technical competitive benchmarking, target values, in the QFD framework