The Process

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The Process
Design

• Triggers

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• Market Pull
• Demand
• Profitability
• Technology Push
• Innovation
• Market research

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Process of design for manufacture

• Decision making
• Use of new technologies
• CAD
• CAM
• Simulation
• Rapid Prototyping
• Computer Integrated manufacture
• Lines of communication

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Customer / client relationship.

• Types of customer
• External
• Internal

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Requirements of the customer

• Performance specifications
• Physical dimensions
• Mass
• Ergonomics
• Durability
• Operating performance
• Compliance to operating standards
• Reliability
• Product support
• End of life disposal

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Production quantities

• Custom built
• Modification of an existing product
• Small batch
• Large volume

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PDS

• Analysis of customer requirements
• Production of an agreed PDS

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PDS

• Physical dimensions
• Materials
• Mass
• Operation
• Performance
• Safety
• Cost

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PDS

• Ergonomics
• Anthropometrics
• Aesthetics
• Shape / form
• Colour
• Product life span