在激烈的全球競爭中，新產品開發成功的數量已明顯的成為企業獲利的主要決定因素，而掌握新產品研發（NPD）流程則是『贏在新產品』的決勝點。新產品研發流程上有一些重要相關流程：產品概念設計、大量客製化、頻繁的設計變更、產品研發設計知識的重用、以及協同合作關係下的複雜度。解決這些問題的新產品研發流程，除了需要精確的商業流程外，更需要優良的設計與服務的平台整合產品開發中各階段的資訊。
此研究的目的在於幫助我們自動且系統化地管理跨平台的產品設計資料流，並提供以QFD 為基礎的核心資訊架構來幫助我們在產品生命週期中取得顧客的需求品質。透過所開發出的 management framework，可以對開發時所需的資訊做有效地追蹤 (Traceability) 與重用 (Reuse)。

With global competition, the number of successful new product developed has become major successful factor. Possessing New Product Development (NPD) processes is critical for enterprises. In new product development process has some critical activities, like product concept design, mass customization, frequent redesign and reuse knowledge of product design. In order to solve these problems, new product development must has good business processes, it also needs an excellent platform which has good design and services solves all information in each stage of new product development process.
This research aims to automatically and systematically manage design information flow across platform between design teams. We pr fdz fdovide a core information model based on QFD which capture required qualities throughout product life cycle. We build up a management framework for traceable and reusable product information flow.

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