Quality Management Study On PV Module NPD Of ET Company

PV industry is an important driving force to our energy production and consumption as a new industry. It has an evident advantage in resource sustainability and environment friendship. In a long term, it will have a vast potential for future development. But now, there is a keen competition caused by surplus backward production capability and cyclical global economic weakness. In face of this complex market environment, R&D quality of new product has been core competitiveness for ET. As a core equipment provider of pv power plant, how to make R&D quality better becomes the need of ET’s survival and development.This paper takes DBM of ET as an example and analyzes the quality of new product R&D from quality planning, quality control and the flow of quality improvement. The analysis is based on theories about new product R&D and combines quality control, work flow and product features at the same time. This paper elaborate quality management activities of every stage of NPD. QFD method is an effective tool that used in defining product features and DFMEA ensures design stability and reliability. In addition, other SPC control tools also provides the new product some control methods and optimization of management approach. Facing to fierce market competition, constantly changing demands, and on the premise of current product development cycle and cost reducing, continued improvement in quality management of product R&D is directly influent product life-cycle and customer satisfaction. Thus, the improvement is extremely important for photovoltaic enterprises.In conclusion, the study shows that ET takes different improvement measures of quality management to increase product performance and reliability in the process of new product R&D. These measures help ET occupy more market shares in the violent competition from the aspects of improving product reliability, reducing estimated expenses, enhancing customer trust and brand recognition.