The Product Realization Process

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The Product Realization Process

• MECH 151
• Feb. 14, 2000
• Eric Wang

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Outline

• Product Realization Process
• Stage-Gate Method

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The Product Realization Process

• The complete design process spanning concept
  generation to product retirement
• Define customer needs product performance
• Plan for design manufacture
• Design final product and manufacturing processes

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PRP continued

• Design for entire product life cycle including
• distribution
• support
• maintenance
• recycling
• disposal
• Plan for product evolution beyond current design

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Stages of Development
Concept Develop-ment
System-Level Design
Detail Design
Testing Refine-ment
Production Ramp-up
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Stage-Gate Method

• Stages Activites
• Gates Decision points / Reflection points

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Stages of Development

• 1. Concept Development
• Identifying customer needs
• Establishing design specs
• Concept generation selection

• 2. System-Level Design
• Product architecture
• Subsystems interface
• Industrial design
• Economics

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Stage-Gate Method (continued)

• 4. Testing Refinement
• Design for manufacture
• Effective prototyping

• 5. Production Ramp-up
• Beta test
• Production samples

6. Release
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Duration Cost
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Summary

• 1. Concept development
• 2. System-level design
• 3. Detail design
• 4. Testing refinement
• 5. Production ramp-up
• 6. Release