Product

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FACTORS IN PRODUCT DESIGN
DESIGN FACTORS
Society Laws Norms / standards Possible
finance Resources Patents Registration
of patents
Designer Ability/Knowledge Imagination
Creativity Habit Attitude Personal
taste Expenditure of time
Company Aims of the company Know-how
Working conditions Economics Contracts
Licences Service policy Product series
Companys identity
DESTRUCTION / RECYCLING FACTORS
PRODUCTION FACTORS
Manufacturing process Feaasibility
Economics Operator situation Assembly
Feasibility Economics Operator
situation Testing / Quality control
Environment Recycling Consumption of resources in
destruction process Product evolution
Product Model
SALES FACTORS
Packaging Packing Transport Warehousing Market Sal
es policy Competitors
USAGE FACTORS
Environment Influence of product on
environment Influence of environment on
product
User Fitting and running in Normal
operations Occasional operations Emergency
operations Facts apart from direct use
Economics Preconditions of user Subjective
conditions
Using process Input Output Nature of
function Feasibility of function Quality of
function
Concurrent (simultaneous) engineering vs
Sequential engineering CE allows for a more
effective integration of all these factors,
leading to an overall improved quality