Ch 3 - Product Design & Process Selection Flashcards
manufacturability
the ease with which a product can be made
product design
the process of defining all of the product’s characteristics
service design
the process of establishing all the characteristics of the service, including physical, sensual, & psychological benefits
reverse engineering
the process of dissembling a product to analyze its design features
early supplier involvement (ESI)
involving suppliers in the early stages of product design
break-even analysis
a technique used to compute the amount of goods- company would need to sell to cover its costs
fixed costs
costs a company incurs regardless of how much it produces
variable costs
costs that vary directly with the amount of units produced
design for manufacture (DFM)
a series of guidelines to follow in order to produce a product easily & profitably
1. design simplification
2. design standardization
product life cycle
a series of stages that products pass through in their lifetime, characterized by changing product demands over time
I. introduction
2. growth
3. maturity
4. decline
concurrent engineering
an approach that brings together multifunction teams in the early phase of product design in order to simultaneously design the product & the process
remanufacturing
the concept of using components of old products in the production of new ones
intermittent operations
processes used to produce a variety of products with different processing requirements in lower volumes
repetitive operations
processes used to produce one or a few standardized products in high volume
project process
a type of process used to make a one-at-a-time product exactly to customer specs
batch process
a type of process used to produce a small quantity of products in groups or batches based on customer orders or specs
line process
a type of process used to produce a large volume of a standardized product
Continuous process
a type of process that operates continually to produce a high volume of a fully standardized product
process flow analysis
a technique used for evaluating a process in terms of the sequence of steps from inputs to outputs with the goal of improving its design
process flowchart
a chart showing the sequence of steps in producing the product or service
bottleneck
longest task in the process
make-to-stock strategy
produces standard products & services for immediate sale or delivery
assemble-to-order strategy
produces standard components that can be combined to customer specs
make-to-order strategy
produces products to customer specs after an order has been received
