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What to Submit:

• Paper Title
• Central Point of your paper (maximum 300 characters, not 300 words);
• Abstract (describe your paper in more details, half page to 2-pages long);
• What does this paper report? (case study, academic research, consultant paper, hypothetical examples, new method proposal, etc.)
• Data Source and Analytic Tools that you plan to use;
• Authors' contact information and introduction (Author and Co-author's name, job title, organization, e-mail address, short introduction.);
• Presentation Plan (If selected, will you be able to travel and present your paper at the Symposium?)

 (If you prefer sending a Draft Paper, please e-mail it to the link below. Be sure to type "QFD Call For Papers" in the subject line of your e-mail.)

Send To:

• E-mail to QFD Institute
• Use the Online Submission Form

Deadline:

May 31, 2014

Papers of Interest:

Papers reporting QFD application cases and research, including success stories, new ideas for QFD tools and applications, unique solutions with QFD approach, challenges, integration examples, as well as your company's QFD journey, things learned, challenges you faced or are facing, mistakes that others should avoid, and questions you and your project team might have about QFD implementation and analytic methods.

Both completed projects and those still in progress are candidates for presentation. Submissions from all countries and industries are welcome.

Speaker Benefits:

• Publication of your paper and name in the symposium proceedings that are available world-wide;
• An opportunity to get tips and feedbacks from the QFD Institute's QFD Red Belts^®, for your future projects, improvements, and papers;
• Speaker Discount for the symposium ($150 discount when Speaker Registration is completed by June 30, 2014;  $100 discount when it is completed by August 31, 2014); and
• Speaker Discounts for the QFD Courses at this symposium.

Presentations That Excite Audience:

• Success stories;
• QFD applications for unique solutions to challenging problems;
• QFD applications in new industries and advanced applications;
• Approaches, techniques, and lessons learned from your own QFD experience that can be utilized by others;
• QFD applications and research that incorporate new techniques or enhancements such as:
• Modern QFD methods
  • Six Sigma and Design for Six Sigma (DFSS)
  • Lifestyle QFD, Kansei Engineering, Emotional Design and Branding
  • Supply Network and Management, Logistics
  • Business Process Outsourcing (BPO)
  • Lean methods, Theory of Constraints, Critical Chain Project Management, General Theory of Innovation (GTI), TRIZ, and other emerging techniques
  • QFD research based on sound/correct knowledge of QFD, accompanied with supporting data and valid analitical methods
• ^NEW QFD challenges and mistakes to avoid that others can also relate to and learn from.
• ^NEW QFD questions that you and your project team faced or are currently facing... Share your questions and issues and get the QFDI experts advice on site.
• For case studies and research presentaitons, the author (presenter) was/is directly involved in the case study or research being reported in this paper.

Selection Criteria:

Paper selection will be made on the basis of overall quality, interest to symposium attendees, relevance to the conference, originality and depth of the work, value of contribution to the QFD world, and commitment to in-person presentation at the Symposium.

Application Papers are defined as papers reporting QFD implementation within your company on your own product, business process, or service, accompanied with empirical data. The author(s) should have been directly involved with the project / example that is being reported. Application Papers should include the methods of data collection, data source, and methods of QFD analysis, to the extent and form permissible for public disclosure (evidence substantiating the application of QFD).

Academic Papers, Research Papers, New Methods Proposal, Hypothetical Case Reports should be founded on sound QFD knowledge, have a clear theoretical base, and include supporting data. When you submit a paper proposal, please include these details to the extent available at this time: your research purpose; conceptual or theoretical basis; what you aim to achieve; your data source; methods of data collection and analysis; QFD tools you have selected to use and the reason for it; and references that you are using or plan to use. Draft Paper may be required for academic submissions, depending on the clarity of the paper proposal. If your paper requires "Peer Review," please specify so when you send the paper proposal; Peer Review will be conducted on a Draft Paper.

Consultant Papers should also include supporting data, methods of data collection or data source, and methods of QFD analysis. You may be required to obtain a written authorization from your client permitting your presentation of their case and examples, per U.S. intellectual property law. Please note that our audience typically prefers presentations by the case owner (i.e., your client); acceptance priority will be given on presentations that include the client as a speaker. 

NOTE: Papers mainly comprised of summaries of information found on the Internet and/or in books and re-reporting of articles and examples previously published by others are not appropriate for this Call for Papers without contribution of original substance.

QFD Institute's Symposia do not permit papers and presentations containing sales pitch, advertising, and/or infomercial. If you wish to promote/exhibit your product and service at this conference, please contact us.

Inquiry:

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