Integrated Product and Process Design and Development: The Product Realization Process (Hardcover, 2)

Product Development at the Beginning of the Twenty-First Century
Introduction
Ideas and Methods Currently Used in the Product Realization Process
Innovation
Quality
Benchmarking
Partnering with Suppliers?Outsourcing
Mass Customization

The Integrated Product and Process Design and Development Team Method
Introduction
The IP²D² Team and Its Agenda
Technology’s Role in IP²D²
IP²D² Team Requirements

Product Cost Analysis
Introduction
Determining the Cost of Products
Design and Manufacturing Costs
Sustainment Costs: Life Cycle, Operation, and Support
Making a Business Case
Examples
Bibliography

Translating Customer Requirements into a Product Design Specification
Voice of the Customer
Quality Function Deployment (QFD)
Product Design Specification

Product Functional Requirements and Functional Decomposition
Functional Modeling
Examples of Functional Decomposition

Product Concepts and Embodiments
Introduction
Concept Generation and the Search for Solutions
Product Modularity and Architecture
Concept Evaluation and Selection
Product Embodiments
Bibliography for Bio-Inspired Concepts

Design for Assembly and Disassembly
Introduction
Design for Assembly
Design for Disassembly (DFD)

Material Selection
Introduction
Ferrous Alloys
Nonferrous Alloys
Special Purpose Alloys
Polymers
Ceramics
Composites
Smart Materials
Nanomaterials
Coatings
Bibliography

Manufacturing Processes and Design
Introduction
Casting?Permanent Mold
Casting?Permanent Pattern
Casting?Expendable Pattern
Cutting?Mechanical Machining
Cutting?Electromachining
Forming?Sheet
Forming?Bulk
Powder Processing
Layered Manufacturing
Bibliography

Design for "X"
Life-Cycle Engineering
Poka-Yoke
Design for Maintainability (Serviceability)
Design for Packaging
Design for the Environment
Ergonomics: Usability, Human Factors, and Safety
Material Handling
Product Safety, Liability, and Design

Product and Process Improvement
Introduction
What Is Experimental Design?
Guidelines for Designing Experiments
Factorial Analysis
Examples of the Use of the Analysis of Variance
The Taguchi Method
Six Sigma
Bibliography

Appendix A: Material Properties and the Relative Cost of Raw Materials
Index