Chapter 6 Product Design and Process Selection--Manufacturing

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Chapter 6Product Design and Process
Selection--Manufacturing

• The Product Design Process
• Concurrent Engineering
• Designing for the Customer
• QFD
• Process Selection
• Process Flow Design
• Process Analysis
• Globalization of Product Design and Development

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The Product Design Process

• Concept Development
• Product Planning
• Detailed Engineering
• Engineering Release (Sign-Off)

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Concurrent Engineering

• Concurrent engineering can be defined as the
  simultaneous development of project design
  functions, with open and interactive
  communication existing among all team members for
  the purposes of
• reducing time to market,
• decreasing cost, and
• improving quality and reliability.

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Designing for the Customer

• Industrial Design
• Aesthetics
• Ergonomics

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Quality Function Deployment

• Interfunctional teams from marketing, design
  engineering, and manufacturing
• Voice of the customer
• House of Quality

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House of Quality
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Value Analysis/Value Engineering (VA/VE)

• Achieve equivalent or better performance at a
  lower cost while maintaining all functional
  requirements defined by the customer
• Does the item have any design features that are
  not necessary?
• Can two or more parts be combined into one?
• How can we cut down the weight?
• Are there nonstandard parts that can be
  eliminated?

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Types of Processes

• Conversion
• Fabrication
• Assembly
• Testing

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Process Flow Structures

• Job shop
• Batch
• Assembly Line
• Continuous Flow

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Exhibit 4.9
Source Modified from Robert Hayes and Steven
Wheelwright, Restoring Our Competitive Edge
Competing through Manufacturing (New York John
Wiley Sons, 1984). p. 209.
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Global Product Design and Manufacturing

• Joint Ventures
• Strategic Suppliers
• Global Product Design Strategy

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