Coulibaly Solomani

Hua Zhongsheng

Department of Management Science,
University of Science and

Technology of China,
Hefei 230026, China

Shi Qin

School of Mechanical and
Automotive Engineering,
Hefei Polytechnic University,
Hefei 230069, China

Wang Wei

Department of Management Science,
University of Science and
 Technology of China,
Hefei 230026, China

Abstract: As a result of the fierceness of business competition, companies, to remain competitive, have to charm their customers by anticipating their needs and being able to rapidly develop exciting new products for them. To overcome this challenge, technology forecasting is considered as a powerful tool in today’s business environment, while there are as many success stories as there are failures, a good application of this method will give a good result. A methodology of integration of patterns or lines of technology evolution in TRIZ parlance is presented, which is also known as TRIZ technology forecasting, as input to the QFD process to design a new product. For this purpose, TRIZ tech-nology forecasting, one of the TRIZ major tools, is discussed and some benefits compared to the traditional forecasting techniques are highlighted. Then a methodology to integrate TRIZ technology forecasting and QFD process is highlighted.