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A new way of understanding the customer, for fibre manufacturers
This paper describes a collaborative research project run as part of the UK based Textile & Clothing
Industry Forum, that aimed to investigate new ways of understanding the end customer. In deciding to
‘speak’ to the end customer, the fibre manufacturer Tencel Limited made a radical move to break away
from the traditional structure of the apparel supply chain. This paper describes how a combination of a
Kano questionnaire and empathic design techniques developed for the automotive industry were
effectively used to gather new insights into how customers really perceived Tencel’s fibre, and enable the
product development team to ‘walk in the shoes’ of the people they design for. The paper concludes that
applying these techniques to the textiles industry is a very effective way of obtaining rich and genuine
opinions from the end customer and saw that the ‘raw’ video data generated proved to be a very
successful way of communicating with senior management
Scientific Reference Datasets - Cornerstones of Reproducible Research::Design, Test & Distribution using R
Scientific Reference Datasets - Cornerstones of Reproducible Research::Design, Test & Distribution using R
Over half of breakpoints in gene pairs involved in cancer-specific recurrent translocations are mapped to human chromosomal fragile sites.
Gene rearrangements such as chromosomal translocations have been shown to
contribute to cancer development. Human chromosomal fragile sites are regions of the genome
especially prone to breakage, and have been implicated in various chromosome abnormalities found
in cancer. However, there has been no comprehensive and quantitative examination of the location
of fragile sites in relation to all chromosomal aberrations
Public attitudes towards bystander CPR and their association with social deprivation: findings from a cross sectional study in North England
<em>I don\u27t want to put myself in harm’s way trying to help somebody</em>: Public knowledge and attitudes towards bystander CPR in North East England–findings from a qualitative interview study
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