Notice of RetractionProgram Design for Industrial Engineering Education in China Based on QFD

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Employment competition is fiercer because of global economic crisis. So how to design education program for improving undergraduate competitiveness is focused. Quality Function Deployment (QFD) theory was applied to education program design for satisfying market requirements. First, stakeholder demands from an IE graduate were determined by surveys, and then weighed by Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP). major stakeholders of Industrial Engineering (IE) education were identified as students, faculty and future employers; in which future employers included enterprise, graduate school and government department according to IE employment situation in China. Second, a set of design requirements including six modules was developed based on the analysis of IE education program in Nanchang University. Furthermore, as an example, enterprise demands were translated into education program with the house of quality, and characters of the other five education programs were finally. The designed program satisfies stakeholder requirements well, so that this method can help improve the quality of IE graduate.