| CODE | MFE5101 | ||||||||||||
| TITLE | Fundamentals of Product Development | ||||||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 05 - Postgraduate Modular Diploma or Degree Course | ||||||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 5 | ||||||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering | ||||||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | The world around us is made up of manmade products, which need to primarily satisfy a host of. The world around us is made up of manmade products, which need to primarily satisfy a host of functional requirements. From a manufacturing and business perspective, the way products are designed has a significant impact on the ease of manufacture, assembly and also disposal, these collectively influencing the marketability of such products. There is thus a direct link between a manufacturing organisation's competitiveness and the design of its products/services. The aim of this module is to provide a theoretical foundation to how the process of product development can be exploited to positively contribute in improvements to a range of business performance metrics including cost, time, quality and flexibility. For this reason, this study unit covers the following topics: - The Integral nature of Product Development - Why Lean Design in Product Development? - Innovation process, design and business performance; - Sequential Design; Concurrent Design; Integrated Product Development Approach; - Artefacts viewed as technical systems; - Design Problem Solving via The Basic Design Cycle - Tools & Methods for Problem Analysis; - Tools & Methods for Solution Synthesis; - Tools & Methods for Solution Analysis; - Managing Product Platforms; - Design in Industry; Patents, CE Marking; - Managing the 'design process'; Financing Innovative Design, R&D. Study-unit Aims: The aim of this study-unit is to introduce IPD concepts and methods that lead to products and services that have an overall better performance than those developed in a more traditional and non-integrated way. Through this study-unit, students will acquire knowledge and competence on how to handle the 'interplay' between design, manufacturing, business and other aspects, as well as their mutual influences. Learning Outcomes: 1. Knowledge & Understanding: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - demonstrate understanding of the complex product development process - describe the working principles of a number of tools/methods used to help handle this complexity - utilize this foundation as a means by which to acquire further specialized product development knowledge. 2. Skills: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - handle product development projects from an engineering perspective; - handle product development projects from a manufacturing/operations perspective; - adopt a business management oriented approach to product development. Main Text/s and any supplementary readings: - Product Design and Development, K. T. Ulrich & S. D. Eppinger, Irwin McGrawHill, ISBN 0 07. - Integrated Product Development, M. Myrup Andreasen & Lars Hein, Institute of Product Development, Technical University, Denmark 229647 X. - Design in Business Strategic Innovation Through Design, Margaret Bruce & John Bessant, Pearson Education Ltd., ISBN 0 273 64374 6. - Product Design: Fundamentals & Methods, N. F. M. Roozenburg, J. Eekels, John Wiley & Sons, ISBN 0 471 95465 9. |
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| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Lecture and Independent Study | ||||||||||||
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