An Evaluation on Lifecycle of Products in Textile Industry of Turkey through Quality Function Deployment and Pareto Analysis

Abstract

Quality Function Deployment (QFD) is a quality development methodology which demonstrates right customer needs into technical solutions. The purpose of QFD methodology in this paper provides to connect customer requirements and technical characteristics in the textile-production industry. This method supports to define the customer and market-business expectations by a group of tools-house of quality and combine the expectations of the consumer to the existent system from the start of its design. This study aims to present an overview of this method, and also usage of QFD and Pareto Analysis with an application. This paper focuses on the application of these methods about the assessment of the sustainability of the lifecycle of Textile products in Textile Companies of Turkey. The results of this study are assessed on the framework of quality, robust and environment-oriented production such as green production. The study highlights an initial perception towards the development of the quality management for further investigation and scientific research. © 2019 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V.