Appearance FMEA: A Method for Appearance Quality Evaluation of Early Design Concepts

2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karin Forslund ◽  
Timo Kero ◽  
Rikard So¨derberg
Keyword(s):  
Industrial Design ◽  
Failure Modes ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Consumer Products ◽  
Product Development Process ◽  
Early Design ◽  
Product Experience ◽  
Design Concepts ◽  
Quality Aspects ◽  
Noise Factors

For consumer products, early design stages are often concerned with the product’s industrial design, with primary focus on the consumer’s product experience. At this stage, aspects such as manufacturability and robustness are often not thoroughly taken into account. Industrial design concepts not properly suited for manufacture, assembly and process variability can result in final products in which the appearance intent is not satisfactorily realized. This can have a negative impact on the customer’s product quality perception. If such problems are discovered late in the product development process, late design changes and increased project costs may follow. The main difficulty in evaluating perceived quality aspects during industrial design is that the product is still under development. It is not mature enough to enable prediction of the prerequisites for achieving high manufacturing quality. In this paper, we suggest that concepts instead could be evaluated as far as the intrinsic tendency of the product appearance to support manufacturing variation and other noise factors. This is addressed through the concept of visual robustness: the ability of a product’s visual appearance to stimulate the same product experience despite variety in its visual design properties. Here, a method is suggested based on the Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA). The method follows a structured procedure for addressing appearance issues.

A User-Oriented Approach to Designing a Neck Support

2007 ◽  
Vol 15 (3) ◽  
pp. 24-27
Author(s):  
A. Shekar ◽  
R. J. Billington ◽  
T. Joe
Keyword(s):  
Idea Generation ◽  
Consumer Products ◽  
User Testing ◽  
Design Problems ◽  
Design Decisions ◽  
Early Design ◽  
Testing Procedures ◽  
Design Concepts ◽  
Oriented Approach

AT A GLANCE: In this article, we explore the development of a neck support for clients in salons and discuss the user-oriented approach and testing procedures. The current U-shaped neck supports in hair salons are too small to fit larger necks, do not provide cushioning, and exert uncomfortable pressure on the neck. We examined existing design problems, then created and evaluated new design concepts. This process involved the application of idea generation techniques, screening, evaluation, testing, and further design modifications. The key message from this case study is that user testing provides valuable information and confidence in the early design decisions that need to be made for successful consumer products.

Experience Design Applied to Research

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrea CAPRA ◽  
Ana BERGER ◽  
Daniela SZABLUK ◽  
Manuela OLIVEIRA
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Product Development ◽  
Design Process ◽  
Development Process ◽  
Product Development Process ◽  
Experience Design ◽  
Low Resolution ◽  
Design Concepts ◽  
Innovative Products ◽  
Technological Products

An accurate understanding of users' needs is essential for the development of innovative products. This article presents an exploratory method of user centered research in the context of the design process of technological products, conceived from the demands of a large information technology company. The method is oriented - but not restricted - to the initial stages of the product development process, and uses low-resolution prototypes and simulations of interactions, allowing users to imagine themselves in a future context through fictitious environments and scenarios in the ambit of ideation. The method is effective in identifying the requirements of the experience related to the product’s usage and allows rapid iteration on existing assumptions and greater exploration of design concepts that emerge throughout the investigation.

A Framework for Non-Nominal Visualization and Perceived Quality Evaluation

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ola Wagersten ◽  
Karin Forslund ◽  
Casper Wickman ◽  
Rikard So¨derberg
Keyword(s):  
Industrial Process ◽  
Perceived Quality ◽  
Product Development Process ◽  
Functional Quality ◽  
Quality Aspects ◽  
System Solution ◽  
Comprehensive Framework ◽  
Variation Simulation ◽  
Support Evaluation

Perceived Quality clusters different aspects that influence the customer’s perception of non-functional quality on a product that are perceive through senses. All together those aspects and the harmony between them reflect the producer’s ability to control product parameters and thereby also mirror the functional quality of the product. High Perceived Quality cannot be added to the product at the end of the developing process. Project prerequisites, system solution, factory capability etc. are criterion to succeed. Therefore, it is important to be able to evaluate Perceived Quality early in the process when product system solutions and architecture are defined, although data maturity is low. This paper presents a comprehensive framework to manage and support evaluation of Perceived Quality aspects in a product development process. The framework is based on an industrial process in combination with recent research within the field. The framework focuses on activities that can be performed at different stages in the developing process based on maturity of the CAD or styling data. For example, if the styling data is divided into different components by split-lines it has reached higher level of maturity then styling data that not has been divided. Consequently, the choice of applied method is based on data maturity, regardless phase in the developing process. The framework contains methods based on several different simulation and analysis techniques. Design methods, Computer-Aided Tolerancing and FEA based non-rigid variation simulation are represented in the framework.

scholarly journals Metrics for Measuring Sustainable Product Design Concepts

Energies ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (12) ◽  
pp. 3469
Author(s):  
Ji Han ◽  
Pingfei Jiang ◽  
Peter R. N. Childs
Keyword(s):  
Product Design ◽  
End Of Life ◽  
Environmental Impacts ◽  
Conceptual Design ◽  
Design Stage ◽  
Sustainable Product Design ◽  
Early Design ◽  
Design Concepts ◽  
Concept Evaluation ◽  
Sustainable Product

Although products can contribute to ecosystems positively, they can cause negative environmental impacts throughout their life cycles, from obtaining raw material, production, and use, to end of life. It is reported that most negative environmental impacts are decided at early design phases, which suggests that the determination of product sustainability should be considered as early as possible, such as during the conceptual design stage, when it is still possible to modify the design concept. However, most of the existing concept evaluation methods or tools are focused on assessing the feasibility or creativity of the concepts generated, lacking the measurements of sustainability of concepts. The paper explores key factors related to sustainable design with regard to environmental impacts, and describes a set of objective measures of sustainable product design concept evaluation, namely, material, production, use, and end of life. The rationales of the four metrics are discussed, with corresponding measurements. A case study is conducted to demonstrate the use and effectiveness of the metrics for evaluating product design concepts. The paper is the first study to explore the measurement of product design sustainability focusing on the conceptual design stage. It can be used as a guideline to measure the level of sustainability of product design concepts to support designers in developing sustainable products. Most significantly, it urges the considerations of sustainability design aspects at early design phases, and also provides a new research direction in concept evaluation regarding sustainability.

Understanding Customer Needs in Designing Automotive Center Consoles

2005 ◽  
Vol 49 (18) ◽  
pp. 1686-1690 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vivek D. Bhise ◽  
Rashad Hammoudeh ◽  
James Dowd ◽  
Marc Hayes
Keyword(s):  
Engineering Students ◽  
Industrial Design ◽  
Foam Core ◽  
Customer Needs ◽  
Parking Lots ◽  
Center Console ◽  
Design Concepts ◽  
Summary Data

This paper presents results of two studies conducted to determine customer needs in designing future center console designs for automotive products. The first study involved an observational survey of 150 vehicles in three parking lots to determine what items people store in their vehicles and the item locations. The data obtained from the survey provided a list of all the stored items, their distribution and their locations inside the vehicle. Papers, bottles, cups, books, bags and sunglasses were most frequently observed items in the vehicles. The second study was conducted to determine storage preferences of items in the center console. A foam-core center console with velcro surfaces was built inside a minivan. Thirty-six drivers were asked to select items that they would carry most often in their vehicles and place them on the center console surfaces. The resulting layouts of stored items were summarized. The summary data were provided to four teams of industrial design and engineering students to create design concepts for future automotive center consoles.

Big Data and the Internet of Things

2021 ◽  
pp. 1321-1342
Author(s):  
Zablon Pingo ◽  
Bhuva Narayan
Keyword(s):  
Big Data ◽  
Internet Of Things ◽  
Predictive Analytics ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Consumer Products ◽  
Informational Privacy ◽  
Protection Mechanisms ◽  
Iot Devices ◽  
Aid Decision ◽  
Privacy Issues

The privacy construct is an important aspect of internet of things (IoT) technologies as it is projected that over 20 billion IoT devices will be in use by 2022. Among other things, IoT produces big data and many industries are leveraging this data for predictive analytics to aid decision making in health, education, business, and other areas. Despite benefits in some areas, privacy issues have persisted in relation to the use of the data produced by many consumer products. The practices surrounding IoT and Big Data by service providers and third parties are associated with a negative impact to individuals. To protect consumers' privacy, a wide range of approaches to informational privacy protections exist. However, individuals are increasingly required to actively respond to control and manage their informational privacy rather than rely on any protection mechanisms. This chapter highlights privacy issues across consumers' use of IoT and identifies existing responses to enhance privacy awareness as a way of enabling IoT users to protect their privacy.

Analytic Evaluation of Engine NVH Robustness Due to Manufacturing Variations

2005 ◽  
Author(s):  
John J. Batteh ◽  
Michael M. Tiller
Keyword(s):  
Combustion Process ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
Product Development Process ◽  
Large Engine ◽  
Engine Torque ◽  
Cycle Simulation ◽  
Noise Vibration ◽  
The Individual ◽  
The Cost ◽  
Noise Factors

In an effort to improve quality, shorten engine development times, and reduce costly and time-consuming experimental work, analytic modeling is being used upstream in the product development process to evaluate engine robustness to noise factors. This paper describes a model-based method for evaluating engine NVH (Noise, Vibration, and Harshness) robustness due to manufacturing variations for a statistically significant engine population. A brief discussion of the cycle simulation model and its capabilities is included. The methodology consists of Monte Carlo simulations involving several noise factors to obtain the crank-angle resolved response of the combustion process and Fourier analysis of the resulting engine torque. Further analysis of the Fourier results leads to additional insights regarding the relative importance of and sensitivity to the individual noise factors. While the cost and resources required to experimentally evaluate a large engine population can be prohibitive, the analytical modeling proved to be a cost-effective way of analyzing the engine robustness taking into account manufacturing process capability.

3D Printing Technology Impact on Development of Industrial Design

2016 ◽  
Vol 693 ◽  
pp. 1901-1904 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiao Dong Li ◽  
Fan Zhao
Keyword(s):  
3D Printing ◽  
Intellectual Property Rights ◽  
Development Process ◽  
Industrial Design ◽  
Design Development ◽  
Printing Technology ◽  
3D Printing Technology ◽  
Design Concepts ◽  
Development Cycle ◽  
Positive Effect

Development of 3D printing technology brings revolutionary changes to the future of manufacturing. Based on the development of 3D printing technology and application prospects, this paper analyzes the positive effect of 3D printing technology on industrial design process, industrial design concepts and also some negative issues in the development process, such as intellectual property rights arising. What’s more, it discusses the advent of 3D printing technology which is the catalyst of future industrial design development cycle, the generation of "design of the package" model and the development of industrial design from standardization to individuation.

Sign in / Sign up

Export Citation Format

Share Document