Linking advanced biofuels policies with stakeholder interests: A method building on Quality Function Deployment

Schillo, R. Sandra; Isabelle, Diane A.; Shakiba, Abtin

doi:10.1016/j.enpol.2016.09.056

Cited by 31 publications

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“…In their research, QFD method was used to improve the service according to farmers' latent needs and expectation. Schillo,and Shakiba, (2017) used Quality Function Deployment method to develop biofuels policies based on stakeholders interests. In this research, the stakeholders include NGO, government, end user, and biofuel producers.…”

Section: Quality Function Deploymentmentioning

confidence: 99%

Evaluation Indicators and Development Strategies of Agricultural Revitalization for Rural Rejuvenation

Huang

Yang

2018

J. Rev. Global Econ.

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The goal of rural rejuvenation is to establish newly regenerated rural villages via economic development and beautification. However, it is necessary to engage agriculture in rural areas as a basis to reach the goal. In order to effectively promote agricultural development, the objective of this study is to develop the related indicators as evaluation criteria. A modified Delphi method is applied to develop the questionnaire. The indicators are divided into two categories: requirement and implementation evaluation indicators. This implies indicators in both sides should be considered simultaneously for effectively promoting agricultural development. There are four dimensions, consisting of twelve items, which are included in requirement indicators. The four dimensions are to (1) activate agricultural production (2) to promote agricultural marketing (3) to construct the distinguishing features of rural life and culture, and(4) to develop leisure agriculture and rural village experiences. The implementation indicators are comprised of five dimensions including 21 items. The five dimensions are (1) community factors (2) human resource factors (3) local resource surveys (4) environmental and facilities planning, and (5) government subsidies and guidance. To determine the relative importance sequence of the target evaluation indicators, the fuzzy analytic hierarchy process (FAHP) is applied to calculate the weight for each item. Then, the quality function development method (QFD) is adopted to explore the relative importance sequence of implementing indicators. Based upon the important items of evaluation indicators, this study proposes the development strategies recommended for the agricultural authority.

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Section: Quality Function Deploymentmentioning

confidence: 99%

Evaluation Indicators and Development Strategies of Agricultural Revitalization for Rural Rejuvenation

Huang

Yang

2018

J. Rev. Global Econ.

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“…There are five main areas in QFD adapted in this study as the reference standard: "whats," "hows," relationships between "whats" and "hows," weight for each evaluation criterion, and evaluation criteria scores (Figure 2). QFD has been used successfully to support many areas such as strategic maintenance technique selection [48], upgrading the service quality of mobile banking [49], as professional skill indicators [50], service quality assessment design [51], PSS design [52], in advanced biofuel policies in which a novel method was applied [53], evaluation of the performance of industrial waste environmental service providers [54], and in monitoring the quality of ready-mixed concrete (RMC) [55].…”

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“…In the second evaluation process, the questions to achieve the goals are elicited. The study used examples in previous research to guide in the development of the questions [54], [60]. The next process was to map the questions to the corresponding metrics.…”

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confidence: 99%

A Conceptual Framework for Metrics Selection: SMeS

Bukhari¹,

Yahaya²,

Deraman³

2018

Int. J. Adv. Sci. Eng. Inf. Technol.

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Measurement is an emerging field of software engineering. A systematic and efficient measurement process can assist in the production of quality government web applications since it can support planning, monitoring, and improving the software development process. The quality of software products is often measured using the metrics-based method. Various types of software metrics have been suggested in the last three decades to measure software quality, track software progress, estimate effort and certify software products. However, the process of identifying and determining a suitable software metrics is still lacking in term of guidance and structure. Without an effective method to evaluate and select suitable metrics, the time spent for selecting the correct and relevant metrics may offset the advantages of using them. In this paper, using the Evaluation Theory as the base theory and building upon the integration of Goal Question Metric (GQM) approach, a conceptual framework of software metrics selection (SMeS) was proposed. The main elements of the proposed conceptual framework include goal-based metrics selection process integrating with GQM, evaluation criteria, reference standard, and synthesis technic in decision making mechanisms. The integrated framework produces a software metrics selection process which is more structured, transparent, and directive in choosing a set of relevant metrics that may help the organizations' measurement program. The result from this study improves the existing metrics software selection model and serves as a guideline in implementing a clear and practical software metrics selection.

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“…With consumers involved in the charcoal production process reporting their qualitative needs, the products would have more efficient technical specifications for barbecuing and would not cause harmful effects to the environment. The QFD method assists in translating consumer needs into technical specifications of products and processes, and ensure that they can be followed by operating systems (Akao, 1996;Aguiar et al, 2017;Eldermann et al, 2017;Jafarzadeh et al, 2018;Schillo et al, 2017). Considering the importance of meeting customer needs, as well as maximizing the value bestowed on the product by the consumer, the aim of this study was to interact with charcoal consumers in order to discover and classify the appropriate characteristics of charcoal for barbecue use.…”

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confidence: 99%

Quality function deployment (QFD) reveals appropriate quality of charcoal used in barbecues

Júnior

Andrade

Milan

et al. 2020

Sci. agric. (Piracicaba, Braz.)

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Charcoal is an important product widely used in food preparation in many parts of the world, both in developing and developed countries. However, most of the time, the main qualitative characteristics for consumers and the environment are not considered during production. Developing energy-efficient products for food preparation has been a constant pursuit of the charcoal supply chain and the aim of this study was to interact with charcoal consumers to become conversant with and classify the characteristics suitable for barbecue use. To achieve our objectives, we used the quality function deployment (QFD) method. The qualitative needs were deployed together with a multidisciplinary team assembled through interviews with several charcoal consumers. The cause and effect factors were also determined by the Ishikawa method. The technical demands of the product had the following priority order: ease of ignition, rapid formation of embers and flames, fast preparation of grilled food, and affordability. The factors relating to raw material, labor, and methodology emerged as decisive in the quality of charcoal for barbecue, and future studies should consider incorporating the results obtained in the production of charcoal and the respective consumer analysis.

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Linking advanced biofuels policies with stakeholder interests: A method building on Quality Function Deployment

Cited by 31 publications

References 71 publications

Evaluation Indicators and Development Strategies of Agricultural Revitalization for Rural Rejuvenation

Evaluation Indicators and Development Strategies of Agricultural Revitalization for Rural Rejuvenation

A Conceptual Framework for Metrics Selection: SMeS

Quality function deployment (QFD) reveals appropriate quality of charcoal used in barbecues

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