Chapter 11 Flashcards
(40 cards)
- Q: Define “design” in new-product terms.
A: The synthesis of technology and human needs into manufacturable products.
- Q: List five traits of good design (per Dieter Rams-style principles).
A: Innovative, useful, understandable, long-lasting, environmentally friendly (others: unobtrusive, aesthetic, detailed, minimal).
- Q: What is design-driven innovation?
A: An approach where design itself (not tech or marketing) leads the innovation process.
- Q: Name four ways design supports new-product success.
A: Speed to market, ease of manufacture, customer need fulfillment, differentiation.
- Q: What is user-oriented design?
A: Deep collaboration with end users, capturing VOC to guide design.
- Q: Define universal design.
A: Designing products usable by all people regardless of ability or age.
- Q: How does design build corporate identity?
A: By creating a consistent, recognizable look and feel across products.
- Q: Product architecture = ?
A: Translating customer needs into product design by assigning functions to physical chunks.
- Q: List the 4 steps in product-architecture development.
A: (1) Create product schematic, (2) cluster elements, (3) create geometric layout, (4) check chunk interactions.
- Q: In which development style are focused prototypes common?
A: Probe-and-learn product development.
- Q: What is a derivative product?
A: A product based on an existing platform with incremental changes.
- Q: Give three factors used to judge industrial design quality.
A: User interface quality, emotional appeal, ease of maintenance/repair (others: resource use, differentiation).
- Q: Difference between a comprehensive and focused prototype?
A: Comprehensive = full-function, full-size; Focused = tests limited attributes.
- Q: Define concurrent (simultaneous) engineering.
A: All functions work in parallel, sharing tasks as project moves forward.
- Q: What is colocation?
A: Physically placing cross-functional team members together to improve info flow.
- Q: What is digital colocation?
- Q: What is digital colocation?
- Q: Role of a produceability engineer?
A: Bridge design and manufacturing to ensure producible designs.
- Q: Why partner upstream with vendors during design?
A: To integrate component expertise and avoid late-stage redesigns.
- Q: What does CAD stand for?
A: Computer-Aided Design
- Q: CAM?
Computer-Aided Manufacturing.
- Q: CAE?
A: Computer-Aided Engineering (simulation, stress analysis).
- Q: DFM principle?
A: Design for Manufacturability—simplify designs for easier production.
- Q: What is front-loading in DFM?
A: Solving design problems early to save cost/time late
- Q: DFA focus?
A: Design for Assembly—minimize parts and simplify assembly steps.
