PRODUCT & SERVICE DESIGN Flashcards
What are the functions of Product and Service Design?
- Translate customer wants and needs into product and service requirements.
- Refine existing products and services
- Develop new products and services
- Formulate quality goals
- Formulate cost targets
- Construct and test prototypes
- Document specifications
- Translate product and service specifications into process specifications
Reasons for Product and Service Design (Redesign)
Economic
Social and Demographic
Political, liability, or legal
Competition
Cost or availability
Technological
Low demand, excessive warranty claims, cost reduction
ECONOMIC
Aging demographics, population shifts
SOCIAL & DEMOGRAPHIC
Safety issues, new regulations.
Political, liability, or legal
New or changed products or services, new advertising/promotions
Competition
Raw materials, components, labor
Cost or availability
In product components, processes
Technological
Organized efforts to increase scientific
knowledge or product innovation
Research and Development (R&D)
IDEA GENERATION/ R&D
Research
Applied research
Development
Factors to take into account
● Legal and Ethical
● Human Factors
● Cultural Factors
● Environmental Factors
The assessment of the environmental impact of a product or service throughout its useful life.
Cradle to Grave Assessment
Reduces the dumping of products and business equipment particularly electronic equipment in
landfills and in incinerators.
End-of-Life Programs
Sustainability in Product and Service Design
Cradle to Grave Assessment
End-of-Life Programs
Reduce-Reuse-Recycle
Examination of the function of parts and materials in an effort to reduce cost and or improve product performance.
(REDUCE) Value Analysis
Refurbishing used products by replacing worn-out or defective
components and re-selling the products.
(REUSE) Re-manufacturing
The modification of wrongly manufactured parts that still can be
re-designed for a certain purpose.
Re-working
Recovering materials for future use
Recycling
Recycling is commonly used for
1.
Cost Savings
2.
Environmental Concerns
3.
Environmental Regulations
Product Life-cycle Management
Introduction, Growth, Maturity, and Decline
Extent to which a product, service, or process lacks variety
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Introduced by Henry Ford in his Model T Series
Degree of Standardization
A strategy for producing standardized goods with a degree of
customization
Mass Customization
Introduced by the Toyota Production Systems
Mass Customization
The process of producing but not quite completing a product or
service until customer preferences are known
Delayed Differentation