Simulations Based Approach for Vehicle Idle NVH Optimization at Early Stage of Product Development

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kumbhar S. Mansinh ◽  
Atul Miskin ◽  
Vishal Vasantrao Chaudhari ◽  
Ashish Rajput
Keyword(s):  
Product Development ◽  
Early Stage

A design contribution to the entrepreneurial experience

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Juan David ROLDAN ACEVEDO ◽  
Ida TELALBASIC
Keyword(s):  
Product Development ◽  
Qualitative Analysis ◽  
Design Research ◽  
Recent Literature ◽  
Early Stage ◽  
Entrepreneurial Activity ◽  
Value Proposition ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
User Centric ◽  
Constant Growth

In recent history, different design approaches have been entering fields like management and strategy to improve product development and service delivery. Specifically, entrepreneurship has adopted a user-centric mindset in methodologies like the business canvas model and the value proposition canvas which increases the awareness of the users’ needs when developing solutions. What happens when a service design approach is used to understand the entrepreneurs’ experience through the creation of their startups? Recent literature suggests that entrepreneurial activity and success is conditioned by their local entrepreneurship ecosystem. This study investigates the Entrepreneurship Ecosystem of Medellín, Colombia - an ecosystem in constant growth but that lacks qualitative analysis. The sample consists of 12 entrepreneurs in early-stage phase. The data was gathered with two design research methods: Cultural Probes and Semi-structured interviews. The analysis of the information collected facilitated the development of 4 insights about the entrepreneurs and an experience map to visualise and interpret their journey to create a startup. The results of this study reflected the implications of the ecosystem, the explanation of the users’ perceptions and awareness and propose a set of ideas to the local government to improve the experience of undertaking a startup in Medellín.

New Product Development Practices and Early-Stage Firms: Two In-Depth Case Studies

2012 ◽  
Vol 29 (4) ◽  
pp. 639-654 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tucker J. Marion ◽  
John H. Friar ◽  
Timothy W. Simpson
Keyword(s):  
Product Development ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
New Product Development ◽  
Early Stage ◽  
New Product

Fueling Spin-offs: Case Studies of University-based Technology Start-up Funding

2021 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 29-40
Author(s):  
Julie Lenzer ◽  
Piotr Kulczakowicz
Keyword(s):  
Product Development ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Early Stage ◽  
New Products ◽  
Academic Research ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Private Investment ◽  
Building Relationships ◽  
Start Up ◽  
Single Path

The new technologies born from academic research can be very promising, yet they are often very early stage. University spin-off companies are uniquely positioned to tackle the risks associated with new technologies emerging from academia by developing proofs of concept, functioning prototypes, and new products. While these enterprises start from a solid research and development foundation, they face their own unique set of challenges—they are strongly anchored in the scientific and technological expertise that is typically backed by intellectual property but often lack the business experience needed to develop and market products demanded by customers. University spin-offs have access to substantial non-dilutive funding that can be utilized for advancing product development. While the relentless pursuit of these funds builds a company's credibility and improves its position for negotiating future private investment, university spin-offs would greatly benefit from an early focus on complementing their technology teams with their business teams. These new enterprises should consider pursuing private investment in parallel to utilizing sources of non-dilutive funding. Timing of private investment is extremely important to maximize the value of the opportunity, and, therefore, building relationships with investors early on and getting ready for executing an investment round can greatly increase odds for success. While there is no single path to formulate, pursue, and adapt successful financing strategies, lessons can be learned from real-life cases of university spin-offs that continue their journeys towards ultimate success.

scholarly journals WIPO Re:Search—A Platform for Product-Centered Cross-Sector Partnerships for the Elimination of Schistosomiasis

2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Callie J. Weber ◽  
Joseph Hargan-Calvopiña ◽  
Katy M. Graef ◽  
Cathyryne K. Manner ◽  
Jennifer Dent
Keyword(s):  
Chronic Disease ◽  
Global Health ◽  
Product Development ◽  
Research And Development ◽  
Mass Drug Administration ◽  
Early Stage ◽  
Neglected Diseases ◽  
Non Profit ◽  
For Profit ◽  
Two Sectors

Schistosomiasis is an acute and chronic disease that affects over 200 million people worldwide, and with over 700 million people estimated to be at risk of contracting this disease, it is a pressing issue in global health. However, research and development (R&D) to develop new approaches to preventing, diagnosing, and treating schistosomiasis has been relatively limited. Praziquantel, a drug developed in the 1970s, is the only agent used in schistosomiasis mass drug administration (MDA) campaigns, indicating a critical need for a diversified therapeutic pipeline. Further, gaps in the vaccine and diagnostic pipelines demonstrate a need for early-stage innovation in all areas of schistosomiasis product R&D. As a platform for public-private partnerships (PPPs), the WIPO Re:Search consortium engages the private sector in early-stage R&D for neglected diseases by forging mutually beneficial collaborations and facilitating the sharing of intellectual property (IP) assets between the for-profit and academic/non-profit sectors. The Consortium connects people, resources, and ideas to fill gaps in neglected disease product development pipelines by leveraging the strengths of these two sectors. Using WIPO Re:Search as an example, this article highlights the opportunities for the PPP model to play a key role in the elimination of schistosomiasis.

scholarly journals An Activity and Resource Advisory System for Manufacturing Process Chains Selection at the early Stage of Product Development

2013 ◽  
Vol 834-836 ◽  
pp. 1927-1931
Author(s):  
Jaya Suteja The ◽  
Prasad K.D.V. Yarlagadda ◽  
M. Azharul Karim ◽  
Cheng Yan
Keyword(s):  
Product Development ◽  
Production Process ◽  
Manufacturing Process ◽  
Early Stage ◽  
Process Chain ◽  
Advisory System ◽  
Process Chains ◽  
Manufacturing Process Chain

Designers need to consider both the functional and production process requirements at the early stage of product development. A variety of the research works found in the literature has been proposed to assist designers in selecting the most viable manufacturing process chain. However, they do not provide any assistance for designers to evaluate the processes according to the particular circumstances of their company. This paper describes a framework of an Activity and Resource Advisory System (ARAS) that generates advice about the required activities and the possible resources for various manufacturing process chains. The system provides more insight, more flexibility, and a more holistic and suited approach for designers to evaluate and then select the most viable manufacturing process chain at the early stage of product development.

Proposing a Practical Method for Conceptual Design Process in New Product Development: Medical Glasses as a Case Study

2014 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 80
Author(s):  
Amir Mirzadeh Phirouzabadi
Keyword(s):  
Product Development ◽  
Conceptual Design ◽  
New Product Development ◽  
Design Process ◽  
Quality Function Deployment ◽  
Early Stage ◽  
New Product ◽  
Practical Method ◽  
Effect Analysis ◽  
Quality Of Products

Nowadays,improving the quality of products, reducing cost and meeting customer’srequirements are necessary to shorten the time of new product development(NPD). NPD is used to describe the complete process of bringing a new product to market and conceptual design process(CDP) is at its early stage and has mostly changed from passive respond toaggressive one. Thus, this study proposed a practical method for CDP in NPDthrough three phases as Converting customers’ requirements to product specifications,Generating and selecting of concepts and Testing and finalizing the concepts byusing some different management-engineering techniques. Firstly, this papertried to prioritize customer’s requirements related to product by AHP (AnalyticHierarchy Process) and convert them to engineering parameters of TRIZ (Theoryof Inventive Problem Solving) in order to define the inventive principals.Next, based on QFD (Quality Function Deployment), we measured the weight valuesof inventive principals. Finally, as FMEA (Failure Mode and Effect Analysis)can analyze the weight values and reduce the sequential risk, then finalconceptual design was generated. At the end, a medical glasses was used as acase study of innovative design to validate the method and explain how thestrategies of this research for CDP.

Product Development Task Planning Using Worth Flow Analysis of Interacting Components

2007 ◽  
Author(s):  
Toshiharu Miwa ◽  
Kosuke Ishii
Keyword(s):  
Product Development ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Early Stage ◽  
Flow Analysis ◽  
Manufacturing Firms ◽  
Trial And Error ◽  
Task Planning ◽  
Feedback Information ◽  
Development Cycle ◽  
Planning Methods

The acceleration of product development cycle continues to be a significant challenge for manufacturing firms around the world. This paper describes a task planning method for minimizing trial and error to reduce the development time in large-scale and complicated product development at the early stage of product development. The proposed method matches the group of product components according to geometry and determines the development sequence of each component to minimize the amount of feedback information across task groups. The method applies as evaluation index for task prioritization the product-sum of engineering interaction among components and worth of each component, the “worth flow.” The paper shows with an example of the generic hair drier with simple mechanical structure that this method contributes to the reduction of the size of task group by 22% and amount of information required for setting the interface links by 65% compared to the conventional planning methods.

Scenario-Based Conjoint Analysis: Measuring Preferences for User Experiences in Early Stage Design

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hyeji Kim ◽  
Jing Chen ◽  
Euiyoung Kim ◽  
Alice M. Agogino
Keyword(s):  
Product Development ◽  
Conjoint Analysis ◽  
New Product Development ◽  
Design Research ◽  
Early Stage ◽  
Consumer Preference ◽  
Future Research ◽  
User Experiences ◽  
User Expectations ◽  
Early Stage Design

Conjoint analysis has proven to be a useful method for decomposing and estimating consumer preference for each attribute of a product or service through evaluations of sets of different versions of the product with varying attribute levels. The predictive value of conjoint analysis is confounded, however, by increasing market uncertainties and changes in user expectations. We explore the use of scenario-based conjoint analysis in order to complement qualitative design research methods in the early stages of concept development. The proposed methodology focuses on quantitatively assessing user experiences rather than product features to create experience-driven products, especially in cases in which the technology is advancing beyond consumer familiarity. Rather than replace conventional conjoint analysis for feature selection near the end of the product development cycle, our method broadens the scope of conjoint analysis so that this powerful measurement technique can be applied in the early stage of design to complement qualitative research and drive strategic directions for developing product experiences. We illustrate on a new product development case study of a flexible wearable for parent-child communication and tracking as an example of scenario-based conjoint analysis implementation. The results, limitations, and findings are discussed in more depth followed by future research directions.

An Approach for Representing and Evaluating User Tactics in Early Stage Product Development

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Trent Owens ◽  
Christopher A. Mattson ◽  
Carl D. Sorensen ◽  
Tyler Stapleton ◽  
Michael L. Anderson
Keyword(s):  
Product Development ◽  
Early Stage ◽  
Prior Experience ◽  
Design Stage ◽  
Design Evaluation ◽  
Development Effort ◽  
Technological Performance ◽  
Research Areas ◽  
Simultaneous Evaluation ◽  
Effective Design

Abstract Frequent and effective design evaluation is foundational to the success of any product development effort. Products that will be used, installed, or otherwise handled by humans would benefit from both an evaluation of the product itself (the physical embodiment of the technology, termed technology), and the steps a user should take to use that technology (termed tactics). Current methods for the evaluation of tactics are scattered across multiple research areas, and are often inaccessible to engineers who have no prior experience with them. Furthermore, the existing tactics evaluation methods often focus mostly on the use of a product and do not simultaneously consider technological performance. In this paper we present a method for the simultaneous evaluation of tactics and technology during the conceptual design stage. To achieve this, we propose three contributions; an approach for representing tactics concepts, a set of criteria for tactics evaluations, and a means for presenting the results of the technology/tactics evaluation to facilitate team ideation.

scholarly journals Application of Axiomatic Design for Agile Product Development

2018 ◽  
Vol 223 ◽  
pp. 01004 ◽  
Author(s):  
Erik Puik ◽  
Dareks Ceglarek
Keyword(s):  
Product Development ◽  
New Product Development ◽  
Early Stage ◽  
Axiomatic Design ◽  
New Product ◽  
Agile Development ◽  
Design Rules ◽  
Iterative Development ◽  
Agile Design ◽  
Development Methods

Agile, and iterative, development methods for new product development are gaining in popularity under product engineers; where it initially was just applied for software development, now larger adoption takes place for product development in general. The design rules of agile development are somewhat conflicting with the guidelines of Axiomatic Design. In this paper, it is investigated why this is the case, what can be done about it, and how can the strengths of agile development be combined with Axiomatic Design to optimise methods for product design. It is shown that the methods are indeed advising on different and conflicting strategies, however, by attenuating the agile design rules in the early stage of design, and doing the same for AD in the later stage of design, best of both worlds can be combined.

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