Product Design Flashcards
Learn vocabulary from chapter 5
Product decision
The selection, definition, and design of products
Product-by-value analysis
A list of products, in descending order of their individual dollar contribution to the firm, as well as the total annual dollar contribution of the product
Quality function deployment (QFD)
A process for determining customer requirements (customer “wants) and translating them into the attributes (the “hows”) that each functional area can understand and act on
House of quality
A part of the quality function deployment process that utilizes a planning matrix to relate customer “wants” to “how” the firm is going to meet those “wants.”
Product development teams
Teams charged with moving from market requirements for a product to achieving product success
Concurrent engineering
Use of participating teams in design and engineering activities
Manufacturability and value engineering
Activities that help improve a product’s design, production, maintainability, and use
Robust design
A design that can be produced to requirements even with unfavorable conditions in the production process
Modular design
A design in which parts or components of a product are subdivided into modules that are easily interchanged or replaced
Computer-aided design
Interactive use of a computer to develop and document a product
Design for manufacture and assembly (DFMA)
Software that allows designers to look at the effect of design on manufacturing of the product
3-D object modeling
An extension of CAD that builds small prototypes
Standard for the exchange of product data (STEP)
A standard that provides a format allowing the electronic transmittal of three-dimensional data
Computer-aided manufacturing (CAM)
The use of information technology to control machinery
Virtual reality
A visual form of communication in which images substitute for reality and typically allow the user to respond interactively
Value analysis
A review of successful products that takes place during the production process
Sustainability
A production system that supports conservation and renewal of resources
Life cycle assessment (LCA)
Part of ISO 14000; assesses the environment impact of a product, from material and energy inputs to disposal and environmental releases
Time-based competition
Competition based on time; rapidly developing products and moving them to market
Joint ventures
Firms establishing joint ownership to pursue new products or markets
Alliances
Cooperative agreements that allow firms to remain independent, but pursue strategies consistent with their individual missions
Engineering drawing
A drawing that shows the dimensions, tolerances, materials, and finishes of a component
Bill of material (BOM)
A list of the components, their description, and the quantity of each required to make one unit of a product
Make-or-buy decision
The choice between producing a component or a service and purchasing it form an outside source
Group technology
A product and component coding system that specifies the type of processing and the parameters of the processing; it allows similar products to be grouped
Assembly drawing
An exploded view of the product
Assembly chart
A graphic means of identifying how components flow into subassemblies and final products
Route sheet
A listing of the operations necessary to produce a component with the material specified in the bill of material
Work order
An instruction to make a given quantity of a particular item
Engineering change notice (ECN)
A correction or modification of an engineering drawing or bill of material
Configuration management
A system by which a product’s planned and changing components are accurately identified
Product life-cycle management (PLM)
Software programs that tie together many phases of product design and manufacture
Route sheet
A listing of the operations necessary to produce a component with the material specified in the bill of material
Work order
An instruction to make a given quantity of a particular item
Engineering change notice (ECN)
A correction or modification of an engineering drawing or bill of material
Configuration management
A system by which a product’s planned and changing components are accurately identified
Product life-cycle management (PLM)
Software programs that tie together many phases of product design and manufacture
Product decision
The selection, definition, and design of products
