SAC 2 - Product analysis + comparison Flashcards
defining product attributes
a quality or feature regarded as characteristic or inherent part of something or someone
function
- Products have primary and secondary functions
- Primary is the main purpose of the product
- Secondary are the things that support or are added to the main function.
user friendly
This means they are easy to use- ‘the product needs to be intuitive, clear and needs to function in a predictable and conventional way’.
Ergonomics (user friendly):
Ergonomics is related to function and how well product’s many functions are suited to its use by the human body. How it relates to the human body.
example of user friendly
A remote, with easy to read and not messy buttons (colours and words)
example of ergonomics
A sit-down and stand-up desk: needs to be straight arm lining with desk
For a dress ergonomics might relate to
- The ease of putting on the dress
- How it fits without squeezing and pinching
- The placement and tag of the zip
- The size and shape of the buttons
- The tightness of sleeve
Safety (user friendly):
the condition of being protected from or unlikely to cause danger, risk, or injury.
Safety relates to the way the product is used and how it performs it function.
example of safety
children and the elderly.
- Does it pose any obvious hidden risks to the user?
- Some of these safety elements are governed by Australian Standards.
Safety can relate to something simple as squashing a finger when using an implement or something more severe that causing death
Aesthetics:
Relates to the physical appearance of an object
- Something we understand through our sense-sight touch smell and taste
- It is concerned with features of design that give it appearance and feel (shape line size proportion colour material composition and texture.
- Aesthetics depends on the viewer and their knowledge, culture, likes and dislikes.
quality
how well a product has been made and how well it functions
Prioritise
designate or treat something as being very or most important
Qualitative research:
research data is detailed, individual and has a lot of depth (discription). it is usually gathered from a small number of people in response to opened - ended questions.
- quality responses
- user trails and tests
- market research
Quantitative research:
research info that can be explained with numbers. it is usually collected from a large group of people who answer simple questions to which there is a limited range of responses. their responses can be grouped, and the results shown through graphs, tables and charts. it can be info gained from a secondary source and may include specifications and measurements that can be directly compared.
- user trials and test
- sales and return
- market research
INJECTION MOULDING:
Plastic granules, palates or powder gets poured into the feeder hopper. (mainly white/clear and small % of coloured powder is added to produce desired colour plastic product.)
- Can be considered a clean technology as there is little waste.
- mass productoon
- continuous production
- half a million dollars to get
- when you see little holes/marks or ridges it means it has injection moulding
Advantages of injection moulding
- Fast production
- Material and colour flexibility
- Low waste
- Design flexibility
Disadvantages of injection moulding
- High initial capital costs (new machine, big, big factory scale for one heating machine)
- Part and size design restrictions
steps of injection moulding
- Granules of plastic powder are poured or fed into a hopper which stores it until it is needed.
- A heater heats up the tube and when it reaches a high temperature a screw thread starts turning.
- A motor turns a thread which pushes the granules along the heater section which melts then into a
liquid. The liquid is forced into a mould where it cools into the shape. - The mould then opens and the unit is removed.
Appraisal
An act of assessing something or someone
example of appraisal
A formal assessment in an interview
- Potato peeling industry: get an expert in the field to analysing/appraisal
Be in detail and in depth
