African Journal of
Business Management

  • Abbreviation: Afr. J. Bus. Manage.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 1993-8233
  • DOI: 10.5897/AJBM
  • Start Year: 2007
  • Published Articles: 4193

Full Length Research Paper

A digital product of research and development (R and D) management decision for the best selection in fuzzy industry development

  Shih-Chung Liao1*, Ming-Chyuan Lin2 and Shih-Wen Hsiao3    
  Department of Industrial Design and College of Planning and Design, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan 701, Taiwan.  
Email: [email protected], [email protected]

  •  Accepted: 04 July 2011
  •  Published: 09 November 2011

Abstract

 

This paper has the product design to transform the complex question that the designer often wants to solve. Therefore, the Research and Development (R and D) planning policy-maker in many enterprises invests much manpower and mental effort every year to deal with these complex questions. The paper first discusses tradition industry products that are changeable with not only some clear conditions but also the enterprise’s important reforms. Secondly, the paper uses Fuzzy and Grey sets with the multi-attribute policy-making research technique to construct an integrity product design operation pattern as well as the changeable solution under clear conditions with the other ones. Finally, the paper deduces the product best design decision-making.

 

Key words: Fuzzy and Grey set, multi-attribute policy-making, design decision-making flow, R and D management, product design.