Chapter 4 Defintions Flashcards
New product design and development projects
The transformation of a new market opportunity and/or new product technology into a set of specifications that define a product
New process design and developments project
The transformation of product specifications and new process technology into a new or revised production system
Product life cycle
A pattern of sales growth and decline over the period in which a product is offered
Open innovation
An organizational effort to capture ideas and resources from sources outside the firm for use in innovation efforts
Crowdsourcing
The process of obtaining ideas or services by soliciting contributions from a large group of people, especially from an online community
Innovation portfolio planning
The process of selecting and prioritizing innovation projects to ensure that they are inconsistent with the firms strategy and development capacity
Early supplier involvement (ESI)
A Co development approach in which suppliers participate directly in product design activities
Stage-gate process
A disciplined approach that defines specific criteria for each project stage that must be completed before proceeding to the next stage
Concurrent Engineering
The simultaneous design and development of all the processes and information needed to produce, sell, distribute, and service a product
Voice of the customer (VOC)
Research efforts that gather detailed data describing customers wishes, needs, likes, and dislikes regarding specific product features and functionalities
Beta testing
An approach in which customers use product prototype versions and provide feedback to developers
Quality function deployment (QFD)
A method for translating ordinary language used to describe customer needs into engineering language used to set product and process design parameters
Customer requirements planning matrix
A template that guides identification and translation of customer requirements into product features
House of quality
A template that guides identification and translation of customers requirements into product features
Failure modes and effects analysis (FMEA)
A procedure for identifying and correcting potential quality problems inherent to product or process designs
Risk priority number (RPN)
A rating used in FMEA to indicate the combined probability, severity, and undetectability of a failure mode
Value engineering/value analysis
A method to improve the benefits and costs of a product through a detailed examination of its function
Design for manufacture (DFM)
An umbrella term that describes methods and tools that focus design activities on improving the ease with which products can be produced
Producibility
A measure of the speed, ease, cost efficiency , and reliability with which a product can be produced
Design for assembly
Focus on minimizing the number of parts in a product and easing the assembly processes
Design for product serviceability
Focus on easing product disassembly and reusing product components
Design for six sigma
Focus on systematically evaluating the consistency with which a good or service can be produced or delivered given the capabilities of the processes used
Robust design
Focus on designing product that can be made consistently even with varying inputs and operating conditions
Components standardization
Reusing part designs across multiple products in order to reduce development and production costs.
Modular product design
Using combinations of components with standardized product interfaces to create different product variations
Design for logistics
Focus on minimizing packaging, handling and shipping costs for products
Computer aided design (CAD)
Systems that automate the development of drawings and technical specification
Computer-aided Engineering (CAE)
Systems that crate and analyze three-dimensional product models, reducing the need to build physical prototypes
3D printing
Also called additive manufacturing , this process makes products by putting down successive layer of thin material such as plastic, metal, ceramics, or food
Group technology
An approach to work layout and scheduling that gathers in one location all of the equipment and work skills necessary to complete production of a family of a similar products
Product life cycle management (PLM)
A software-facilitated process used to capture and share all the information needed to define products throughout their life
