Ch 3 Flashcards
What are the three ways to develop new products?
- Market Pull
- Technology Push
- Interfunctional
Interfunctional approach includes
Both market and technological considerations in new product design
NPD Process is often specified in companies as having three phases:
- Concept Development
- Product Design
- Pilot Production/Testing
Products should be designed
From the start for manufacturability
-Done by considering design of the production process as part of product design and utilizing a concurrent engineering approach
Uses overlapping phases for product design rather than a sequential approach
Concurrent Engineering
NPD team is formed with representation from all major functions (marketing, engineering, operations, and finance/accounting) to ensure
Cross-Functional Integration
3D printing or additive manufacturing is useful for
Creating product prototypes
**Speed and flexibility of this new technology enhances product design opportunities
Is supply chain collaboration in NPD essential?
Yes
Accomplished by collaborating with both customers and suppliers in the NPD process
QFD is used to connect
customer attributes to engineering characteristics
QFD is used to connect customer attributes to engineering characteristics typically done through a technique
House of Quality that can be used for both manufacturing services
Modular design is used to
minimize the number of different parts needed to make a product line of related products
**Done by designing standard modules and considering only the combinations of options that have significant market
Does product design have a large and lasting impact on the environment?
Yes
Entire life cycle of the product is affected: purchasing, manufacturing, distribution, and services
To make an impact on the environment, efforts should be made to
reduce, resuse, or recycle materials along with using renweable energy and reducing all pollution along the supply chain
