A New Product Design Process: Combining the System Model and VRTC

2013 ◽  
pp. 301-307
Author(s):  
Hsiao-wen Wu ◽  
Jin-Jen Wang ◽  
Wen-Chih Wang
Keyword(s):  
Product Design ◽  
Design Process ◽  
New Product ◽  
System Model ◽  
New Product Design ◽  
Product Design Process

The new product design process and design for environment

2000 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 267-291 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert Sroufe ◽  
Sime Curkovic ◽  
Frank Montabon ◽  
Steven A. Melnyk
Keyword(s):  
Product Design ◽  
Design Process ◽  
New Product ◽  
Design For Environment ◽  
New Product Design ◽  
Product Design Process

Functional Concept-Based Detection for Transformative Product Design

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Keunho Choi ◽  
Kyoung-Yun Kim
Keyword(s):  
Product Design ◽  
Design Process ◽  
Detection Method ◽  
New Product ◽  
Transformation Process ◽  
Technology Products ◽  
Design Paradigm ◽  
Product Design Process ◽  
Functional Concept

Cross-disciplinary technologies are noticeable phenomena in modern products, as found in renewable energy and electric vehicle industries. However, current conceptual design tools have been limited to respond these cross-disciplinary technology products. One of remarkable characteristics in this technology change is transforming an existing product with multiple cross-disciplinary technologies. This paper presents a new product design paradigm, called Transformative Product Design (TPD), to respond this phenomenon. In TPD, transformation is a design process to produce a new product (i.e., transformative product) from a base product by adding and/or converting functions/features with reference products or technologies. To accomplish the transformation process, this paper develops a new Functional Concept-based Detection method. Also, the proposed functional concept-based detection method is described with a case study in the context of transformative product design process.

scholarly journals Proposal And Validity Of The Product Planning Business Model A-POST ? The Application Of The Text Mining Method To Scooter Exterior Design

2008 ◽  
Vol 4 (9) ◽  
pp. 61-72
Author(s):  
Mari Nakamura ◽  
Masato Kuniyoshi ◽  
Manabu Yamaji ◽  
Kakuro Amasaka
Keyword(s):  
Text Mining ◽  
Product Design ◽  
Business Model ◽  
Design Process ◽  
New Product ◽  
Design Concept ◽  
Mining Method ◽  
Product Planning ◽  
Product Design Process ◽  
Exterior Design

In this paper, the authors propose the product planning business model A-POST, which captures the customers tastes exactly and reflects them in the styling design of a product. Specifically, the authors have created a new product design concept using the text mining method which analyzes customers opinions in a language state. As an example of the application of this research, the authors applied this method to the product design process of a new scooter and obtained the results shown.

Development of a Template Design Support System

2007 ◽  
Author(s):  
Norihiko Goto ◽  
Tsuyoshi Koga ◽  
Shin Okamura ◽  
Kazuhiro Aoyama
Keyword(s):  
Product Design ◽  
Design Process ◽  
Support System ◽  
New Product ◽  
Design System ◽  
Product Knowledge ◽  
Design Support ◽  
Design Support System ◽  
Product Design Process ◽  
Structure Knowledge

A major problem in product design is that the design process is not clear to designers. Therefore, every time designers develop a new product, they face difficulties in determining the order in which the product attributes should be determined, especially in the case of large, complicated products. This problem mainly occurs due to two reasons. First, the knowledge about past product designs is not well arranged and thus there is no way to utilize it. Therefore, this research focuses on developing a design support system that proposes a design process in which the designer can easily reflect the important attributes of a product while facing less difficulties in completing the design; this is done using a topdown design support system. In a top-down design system, the designer expresses the product knowledge using elements such as entity, attribute, constraint, interface, etc. Further, five types of knowledge are expressed in this system. They are: knowledge about product structure, knowledge about product entity, knowledge about product function, knowledge about product constraint, and knowledge about product design process. Since this research focuses on the design process, extracting knowledge about the product design process is very important. To extract this knowledge, we first compare the template of past products and the product currently being designed. Next, we calculate the consistency of the two models. Then, based on the results of the consistency calculation, we select and extract the available knowledge. We create a new process by using this extracted knowledge from the design template. It is possible to produce more than one process by combining the knowledge from more than one template. Finally, we evaluate the process from three perspectives: whether it is easy to reflect the customer requirements, whether the design conflict difficulty is small, and whether the design loop difficulty is small. Based on the evaluation result, the designers can select a process to design a new product. In this research, the ocean thermal energy conversion (OTEC) system is used as an example. Further, a process that can easily design the important attributes with a smaller possibility of breakdown than the existing process is chosen based on the results of applying a model proposed by this research. A well-organized design process has been achieved in the OTEC example. Future works must focus on improving the evaluation of the design process and the method for expressing the design knowledge as a template.

scholarly journals Triple-Helix Structured Model Based on Problem-Knowledge-Solution Co-evolution for Innovative Product Design Process

2020 ◽  
Vol 33 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Qian Hui ◽  
Yan Li ◽  
Ye Tao ◽  
Hongwei Liu
Keyword(s):  
Product Design ◽  
Design Process ◽  
Design Problem ◽  
Triple Helix ◽  
Problem Solution ◽  
Innovative Product ◽  
Innovative Design ◽  
Structured Model ◽  
Knowledge Spaces ◽  
Product Design Process

AbstractA design problem with deficient information is generally described as wicked or ill-defined. The information insufficiency leaves designers with loose settings, free environments, and a lack of strict boundaries, which provides them with more opportunities to facilitate innovation. Therefore, to capture the opportunity behind the uncertainty of a design problem, this study models an innovative design as a composite solving process, where the problem is clarified and resolved from fuzziness to satisfying solutions by interplay among design problems, knowledge, and solutions. Additionally, a triple-helix structured model for the innovative product design process is proposed based on the co-evolution of the problem, solution, and knowledge spaces, to provide designers with a distinct design strategy and method for innovative design. The three spaces interact and co-evolve through iterative mappings, including problem structuring, knowledge expansion, and solution generation. The mappings carry the information processing and decision-making activities of the design, and create the path to satisfying solutions. Finally, a case study of a reactor coolant flow distribution device is presented to demonstrate the practicability of this model and the method for innovative product design.

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