VALUENEX Announces New SaaS Tool “Radar QFD” — AI-Powered Support for Quality Function Deployment to Accelerate Product Development
TOKYO
On April 1, 2025, VALUENEX announced a new product development support tool called Radar QFD. This tool uses patent information together with AI to support the Quality Function Deployment (QFD) process, helping companies speed up and improve the precision of their R&D and product development strategies.
■ About the service
Product development requires efficiently linking “market-desired value” (needs) with “technically feasible solutions” (seeds). QFD is a widely used framework—especially in manufacturing—that converts market needs into specific technical requirements for development planning.
Traditionally, QFD requires significant time and expert effort to organize expectations and technical requirements. Radar QFD automates key parts of this process by using the VALUENEX Radar algorithm and generative AI to extract and generate three core insights from patent data:
Visualization of market needs: Extract customer-desired quality and functionality
Organization of technical requirements: Identify the technical elements needed to meet those needs
Creation of optimal matrices: Score the relationships between needs and technical seeds to support prioritization and planning
■ Benefits for Product Development Teams
By automating these steps, development teams can perform QFD quickly, helping improve product quality, strengthen competitiveness, and reduce risk. The output data is structured clearly for practical use in real development settings and can also support technology roadmapping and broader business strategy planning.
In addition, Radar QFD includes scoring functions that make it visually easy to identify high-priority development items and support strategic decision-making.
QFD is currently available in Japanese. More information is available here: valuenex.com/radar-qfd.