Prototyping

Summary Product Design and Development
Karl T. Ulrich – Steven D. Eppinger
Chapter 2 – Development processes and organizations
The generic product development process looks as follows. This ismost like the process in “market- pull” situation.
Phase 0: Phase 1:
Planning Concept Development
Phase 2:
System-Level Design
Phase 3:
Detail Design
Phase 4:
Testing and Refinement
Phase 5:Production Ramp-Up
One process of Concept Development is called the front-end process. This process looks as follows:
Further there are three things that involve on the whole process:
1. Economicanalysis
2. Benchmarking of competitive products
3. Modeling and prototyping
This process is further explained in chapters 4 till – 9.
The generic product development process can be adapted. Severalvariants are:
Step 1
Step 2
Step 3
Step 4
Step 5
Step 6

Step 7

Identifying customer needs
Establishing target specifications
Generate product concepts
Select product concepts
Testproduct concepts
Set final specifications
Plan downstream development

Process Type
Generic (Market-pull) products Technology-Push Products Platform Products Process-Intensive Products CustomizedProducts
High-Risk Products Quick-Build Products Complex Systems
Examples
Sporting goods, furniture, tools
Gore-Tex rainwear, Tyvek envelopes
Consumer electronics, computers, printers
Snack foods,breakfast cereals, chemicals, semiconductors Switches, motors, batteries, containers Pharmaceuticals, space systems
Software, cellular phones
Airplanes, jet engines, automobiles
Organizations areformed by establishing links among individuals. There are three different kinds of links:
Reporting relationships Financial arrangements Physical layout
Organizational links may be aligned withfunctions, projects or both. There are four types: 1. Functional organization
2. Project organization3. Lightweight Project Matrix organization 4. Heavyweight Project Matrix organization
Chapter 3 –...