Application Of The Integrated Model Of QFD And FMEA To Automotive Instrument

At present, automobile enterprises need to make great efforts to meet customer's demands and enhance the competitiveness, and promote the quality level of product is one of these key methods. Quality level not only presents the enterprise capacity but important basis for custom to choose right product. For these, QFD and FMEA have been widely used in quality management of automobile product. QFD can be used to get the key requirements as the important point of quality management from market; FMEA can be used to predict possible failure modes and failure effects as the quality bottlenecks during the lifecycle of product. Combining QFD and FMEA can not only realize the profit of custom for maximum, but also match the performance requirements of product with the actual production level of enterprise in order to find the high-risk failure modes and adjust the parameter design of product.Paper takes the instrument panel as an example to construct the integrated model of QFD and FMEA based on enterprise features. Applying the integrated model in the product planning stage of quality management certificates the effects on clearing the key points of quality management and improving product parameter design. Meanwhile, paper sets up management information system of this process to realize data collection, statistical analysis, failure feedback during quality management process and instruct business practice. Paper does research from these aspects as below:1. Do deep research of QFD theory, analyze the application process in product lifecycle and certain instrument panel area.2. Do deep research of FMEA theory, analyze the influence in product quality management and in automobile industry application.3. Analyze the same points and different points; combine QFD and FMEA to construct the integrated model and do research about key elements for implementing this model.4. Study the implementing process and key points of the integrated model, and develop the management information system with Delphi7.0 and Access.The application in instrument panel indicates that these theories and methods play important roles in quality management and real-time feedback system, which provides great value for company.