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Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
The significance of manufacturing -- Developing successful products -- The structure of the product design process --Design review : designing to ensure quality -- Consideration and selection of materials -- Selection of manufacturing processes and design considerations -- Designing for assembly and disassembly -- Designing for maintenance -- Designing products for functionality -- Design for usability -- Establishing the product selling price -- Assessing the market demand for the product -- Planning the product manufacturing facility design.
Summary
Design and manufacture of new products has always been a team effort; but lately the team has been expanding. No longer can companies afford to keep the product design team working in isolation from the production and manufacturing team, not to mention the financial and accounting team For today's product development team has to comprise an integrated group of professionals working from the very beginning of new product planning on through design creation and design review and then on to manufacturing planning and cost accounting. Even when a product is conceived and goes into preliminary.
