Product Design and Development

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Author: Karl Ulrich

ISBN-10: 0073101427

ISBN-13: 9780073101422

Category: Industrial Management

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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.

Preface1Introduction12Development Processes and Organizations133Identifying Customer Needs334Establishing Product Specifications535Concept Generation776Concept Selection1057Product Architecture1298Industrial Design1519Design for Manufacturing17910Effective Prototyping21711Economics of Product Development Projects23312Managing Product Development Projects259Index283