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17 Cards in this Set
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Open Innovation |
idea generation method that opens up the floor to customers, stakeholders, the government, etc |
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Ethnography |
idea generation method where you observe people in their natural environment |
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Benchmarking |
idea generation method in which you compare your product to the best-in-class |
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Reverse Engineering |
idea generation method in which you disassemble a competitor's product to improve your own |
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Prototyping |
continuous experimentation to create a working model of a product or service |
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Simplification vs Standardization |
reducing the number of parts used in a product vs using commonly available and interchangeable parts |
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Modularity |
combining standardized building blocks to create a wide variety of finished product |
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Design for Manufacture and Assembly (DFMA) |
designing a product so it can be manufactured easily and economically -> multiple uses for parts |
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Concurrent design |
design method that involves simultaneous design of products and processes by design teams |
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Computer Aided Design (CAD) |
using computers to aid in the design of a product (3D) -lower overall cost, improves safety and quality, reduces inventories |
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Design for Environment (DFE) |
designing a product from material that can be recycled |
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Life cycle Analysis (LCA) |
examines environmental impacts of all stages of a product, service, etc |
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Remanufacturing |
disassembly of used products including cleaning, repairing, refurbishing worn-out/defective components for resale process: disassembly, cleaning, repair, reassembly |
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Challenges to the future of design |
- diverse economy - utilizing labor efficiently while making a social impact - safe, easy to use, easily assembled products - increasing the # of radical innovations |
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The Design Process |
1. idea generation 2. feasibility study 3. prototyping 4. form and functional design 5. production design |
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How concurrent design aids in the design process |
- involves suppliers - improves quality of early design decisions - incorporates production processes |
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Challenges of remanufacturing |
- can be hazardous in some industries - can be expensive - requires cooperation of other supply chain peeps - lack of incentives and product volumes |
