A Concurrent Engineering Approach for Supporting Weld Product Design at Early Stages of the Design Process

1998 ◽  
pp. 641-660 ◽  
Author(s):  
Z. Yao ◽  
H. D. Bradley ◽  
P. G. Marapoulos
Keyword(s):  
Product Design ◽  
Design Process ◽  
Concurrent Engineering ◽  
Engineering Approach ◽  
Early Stages

Developing a Better Design Process: Redesigning the Organization to Produce More Ergonomic Designs

1994 ◽  
Vol 38 (12) ◽  
pp. 759-763
Author(s):  
Christopher A. Dockery ◽  
Thomas Neuman
Keyword(s):  
Product Design ◽  
Design Process ◽  
Resource Availability ◽  
Concurrent Engineering ◽  
Organizational Structures ◽  
Management Implications ◽  
Large Corporation ◽  
Entire Life ◽  
Entire Life Cycle ◽  
Product Design Process

This paper explores the development of a systematic process for effectively considering in the product design process the ergonomics requirements of all who will interact with a product during its entire life cycle. Because of its very broad scope relative to ergonomics, the process has huge organizational and management implications. Focus in this paper is given to: the steps and rationale involved in developing the process so that ownership and buy-in would result along with a sound and valid process that would be likely to be used; organizational and management implications for communicating and implementing the process including concurrent engineering, accountability, and resource availability. Results of application of the process are illustrated by several case studies from divisions of a large corporation. Organizational structures and relationships that encourage successful partial implementations are explored. Deficiencies in the traditional product design process are explored from motivational and perspective limitation standpoints.

scholarly journals A Visualization Approach to Facilitate the Early Stages of Product Design

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jayesh Parmar
Keyword(s):  
Product Development ◽  
Product Design ◽  
Design Process ◽  
Quantitative Data ◽  
System Analysis ◽  
Computer Support ◽  
Anecdotal Evidence ◽  
Advantages And Disadvantages ◽  
Early Stages ◽  
Generic Design

Diagramming languages are heavily used in design and system analysis. Different languages have varying impacts on the effectiveness of designers. The author believes that there is no appropriate diagramming tool that is of substantial benefit to designers, especially in the early, pre-geometry stages of product development. A new tool, design schematics (DS), is introduced to fulfill this need. The general benefits of diagramming are outlined and the potential of diagramming tools is explored. Advantages and disadvantages of some existing diagramming methods are discussed. Analysis of diagramming methods motivates the development of DS. DS is consistent with the generic design process developed by Salustri. Several interrelated examples demonstrate how DS can capture important information during design stages. A detailed example of a coffee maker is carried out. It is executed as if the author were actually designing a coffee maker. Interrelated diagrams of the design highlight how DS helps in designing during the early stages. Computer support for development and full exploitation of DS is needed. The author believes that DS can be of great benefit to practising engineers. While there is not yet any quantitative data by which DS can be evaluated, there is anecdotal evidence suggesting that the tool has potential to be of benefit in design areas.

scholarly journals A Visualization Approach to Facilitate the Early Stages of Product Design

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jayesh Parmar
Keyword(s):  
Product Development ◽  
Product Design ◽  
Design Process ◽  
Quantitative Data ◽  
System Analysis ◽  
Computer Support ◽  
Anecdotal Evidence ◽  
Advantages And Disadvantages ◽  
Early Stages ◽  
Generic Design

Diagramming languages are heavily used in design and system analysis. Different languages have varying impacts on the effectiveness of designers. The author believes that there is no appropriate diagramming tool that is of substantial benefit to designers, especially in the early, pre-geometry stages of product development. A new tool, design schematics (DS), is introduced to fulfill this need. The general benefits of diagramming are outlined and the potential of diagramming tools is explored. Advantages and disadvantages of some existing diagramming methods are discussed. Analysis of diagramming methods motivates the development of DS. DS is consistent with the generic design process developed by Salustri. Several interrelated examples demonstrate how DS can capture important information during design stages. A detailed example of a coffee maker is carried out. It is executed as if the author were actually designing a coffee maker. Interrelated diagrams of the design highlight how DS helps in designing during the early stages. Computer support for development and full exploitation of DS is needed. The author believes that DS can be of great benefit to practising engineers. While there is not yet any quantitative data by which DS can be evaluated, there is anecdotal evidence suggesting that the tool has potential to be of benefit in design areas.

An Approach Toward Developing Metrics to Predict Performance and Creativity of Final Products in Project-Based Design Class

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shun Takai ◽  
Ashok Midha ◽  
Marcos Esterman
Keyword(s):  
Correlation Analysis ◽  
Product Design ◽  
Design Process ◽  
Test Performance ◽  
Proof Of Concept ◽  
Concept Selection ◽  
Preliminary Results ◽  
Design Concepts ◽  
Early Stages

This paper investigates metrics to predict performance and creativity of final products at the early stages of product design, i.e., at concept selection and proof-of-concept (POC) prototyping. Three deliverables (concept sketches, POC prototypes, and final products) in a project-based design class are evaluated using Creative Product Semantic Scale (CPSS). Then, CPSS scores are analyzed using correlation analysis to find CPSS of concept sketches or POC prototypes that significantly correlate with CPSS or performance of final products. The preliminary results of this paper indicate that CPSS subscales may be used to predict performance and creativity of final products; that the earlier the stage of the design process is, the more difficult it is to predict performance of final products; and that building fully-functional prototypes is important to test performance of design concepts.

scholarly journals A Tool for Systematically Accessing the Level of Readiness of Engineering Design in Product Development

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. Behdinan ◽  
M. Fahimian ◽  
R. Pop-Iliev
Keyword(s):  
Product Development ◽  
Product Design ◽  
Engineering Design ◽  
Design Process ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Top Down ◽  
Technical Point ◽  
Design Project ◽  
Engineering Approach ◽  
Readiness Level

 Abstract – This paper introduces a top down, system-engineering approach to develop a quantifiable and systematic tool, referred to as Design Readiness Level (DRL), to gauge design at each stage of product development. It is developed to facilitate communication between different stockholders of a design project and to address the complexities arising during all the phases of product design, from initiation to completion. The design process as one of the pillars of DRL has been studied thoroughly and is categorized into nine stages to reflect the technical flow in product development. The design stages are iterative at any level from 1 to 9 and have distinctive deliverables at the end of each stage. The deliverables simplify and characterize the assessment of the design from the technical point of view. Developing a comprehensive DRL metrics that encompasses all the stockholders’ perspectives in a design is a work in progress.

Concurrent Engineering and its Key Technologies of Product Design

2012 ◽  
Vol 510 ◽  
pp. 380-383 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shan Wang ◽  
Jing Ping Liu
Keyword(s):  
Product Development ◽  
Product Design ◽  
New Product Development ◽  
Design Process ◽  
Concurrent Engineering ◽  
New Products ◽  
New Product ◽  
Development Mode ◽  
Key Technologies ◽  
Basic Concepts

Under the intense market environment, concurrent engineering is considered to be an effective method to improve product competitiveness by more and more enterprises. As a new product development mode, it directly accelerates the design process of new products. Based on introducing the basic concepts of concurrent engineering, this paper discussed its key technologies in detail, such as process reconfiguration, DFX, PDM, CAX and TQM.

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