Product Design and Development

Overview

Main description

Treating such contemporary design and development issues as identifying customer needs, design for manufacturing, prototyping, and industrial design, Product Design and Development by Ulrich and Eppinger presents in a clear and detailed way a set of product development techniques aimed at bringing together the marketing, design, and manufacturing functions of the enterprise. The integrative methods in the book facilitate problem solving and decision making among people with different disciplinary perspectives, reflecting the current industry toward designing and developing products in cross-functional teams.

Table of contents

Chapter 1 IntroductionChapter 2 Development Processes and OrganizationsChapter 3 Opportunity IdentificationChapter 4 Product PlanningChapter 5 Identifying Customer Needs Chapter 6 Product SpecificationsChapter 7 Concept GenerationChapter 8 Concept SelectionChapter 9 Concept TestingChapter 10 Product ArchitectureChapter 11 Industrial DesignChapter 12 Design for EnvironmentChapter 13 Design for ManufacturingChapter 14 PrototypingChapter 15 Robust DesignChapter 16 Patents and Intellectual PropertyChapter 17 Product Development EconomicsChapter 18 Managing Projects