Design and Market Influences

Question 1

What is Technology Push?

Answer 1

When products are redesigned or redeveloped due to changes in the manufacturing process that can reduce cost or improve a product

Question 2

What is Market Pull?

Answer 2

When new products are made in response to the market

Question 3

What are the factors of Market Pull?

Answer 3

Customer demand for new or improved products due to changing needs
Environmental Issues
Rivalry from similar products

Question 4

What is the Environmental Impact of Wood?

Answer 4

Timber is renewable, easy to reuse, can be burnt to produce heat at the end of its life

Question 5

What is the Environmental Impact of Metals?

Answer 5

Most are relatively easy to reuse and recycle, durable material, can be shaped into almost anything with a mould

Question 6

What is the Environmental Impact of Plastics?

Answer 6

Not biodegradable, can be recycled and reused many timer however

Question 7

What are the 6Rs for environmental impact?

Answer 7

Reduce
Rethink
Refuse
Recycle
Reuse
Repair

Question 8

Name all the scales of production

Answer 8

One-off - one client with specific needs
Batch - More than one at a time = newspapers
Mass- Made in large volumes, high level of automation, high set up low unit costs
Continuous - paper or bottled water

Question 9

How can folding and bending improve functionality?

Answer 9

Reshaping or changing the structure of the material can reinforce it

Question 10

How can strengthening and enhancing improve functionality?

Answer 10

Parts of a product may be made thicker or materials may be combined to reinforce each other

Question 11

How can webbing improve functionality?

Answer 11

tightly woven strips of high-strength synthetic fibres can be used to reinforce a product

Question 12

How can lamination improve functionality?

Answer 12

By bonding two or more layers of materials together to improve strength, rigidity or flexibility

Question 13

How can fabric interfacing improve functionality?

Answer 13

It can be added to textile products to provide more rigidity

Question 14

What is the Production Technique and System CAD?

Answer 14

CAD - Computer Automated Design to create 2D or 3D drawings with high precision

Question 15

What is the Production Technique and System CAM?

Answer 15

CAM - Computer Aided Manufacture controlled by software to manufacture the same thing every time with high precision

Question 16

What is the Production Technique and System CNC?

Answer 16

Computer Numerical Control - Automated Control of Tools

Question 17

What is the Production Technique and System FMS?

Answer 17

FMS - Flexible manufacturing system, a short assembly line of automated machines used on a short-run batch production lines where the products vary often = Easily reprogrammed, retooled and recalibrated

Question 18

What is the Production Technique and System Learn Manufacturing?

Answer 18

Focuses on Eliminating all areas of wasted time such as overproduction, defects and transportation

Question 19

What is the Production Technique and System Just in Time Manufacturing?

Answer 19

Items are created as demanded so there is no surplus of anything