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DECISION AIDING TOOLS IN PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT: A CASE STUDY

Montagna, F.; Vittone, R. // 2008
The elements of complexity and uncertainty present in the process of New Product Development (NPD) require a comprehensive approach to deal with a problem that involves people, technology and ...

DECISION MAKING IN DESIGN TEAMS: ANALYSIS OF USED AND REJECTED DECISIONS

Ensici, A.; Bayazit, N.; Badke-Schaub,P.; Lauche, K. // 2008
Nowadays, the majority of designers work as part of a team. During product development designers have to make countless decisions. Design decisions have a tremendous impact on the quality of the ...

DEPENDENCIES IN CONCEPT DECISIONS IN COMPLEX PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT

Kihlander, I.; Janhager, J.; Ritzén, S. // 2008
The paper presents results from a retrospective case study in the automotive industry with the purpose to identify dependencies in product concept decisions taking into consideration social aspects, ...

Design as a Medium for the Traditional Portuguese Goldsmithing: The Nuance Project

Aparo, Ermanno; Soares, Liliana; Pataco, Teresa // 2008

DESIGN CATALOGUES FOR MECHANISM SELECTION

Singh, B.; Matthews, J.; Mullineux, G.; Medland, A. J. // 2008
Linkage mechanisms have many uses in design and engineering. They can be used to generate intricate motions in assembly tasks, packaging operations, and robotics. Mechanisms are preferable to their ...

Design education with simulation games

Juuti, T.; Lehtonen, T.; Hansen, P. K. // 2008

Design Education with Simulation Games

Juuti, Tero; Hansen, Poul Kyvsgaard; Lehtonen, Timo // 2008

DESIGN FOR NOVELTY – A FRAMEWORK?

Srinivasan, V.; Chakrabarti, A. // 2008
A model of designing and a framework for design for novelty in conceptual design are presented. The model integrates essential elements of activity, outcome and requirement-solution from literature; ...

DESIGN FOR POKA-YOKE ASSEMBLY AN APPROACH TO PREVENT ASSEMBLY ISSUES

Estrada, G.; Lloveras, J.; Riba, C. // 2008
It is important to be aware about assembly quality issues due to they represent a significant proportion of quality defects in many companies. These issues are commonly analyzed after they occur and ...

DESIGN FOR VARIETY – EFFICIENT SUPPORT FOR DESIGN ENGINEERS

Kipp, T.; Krause, D. // 2008
The development of products with many variants is a challenge getting increasingly important due to the trend of individualisation. Product development meets this challenge generally with specific ...

DESIGN KNOWLEDGE INDEXING IN RELATIONAL DATABASE

Rohde, D.; Pavkovic, N.; Aurisicchio, M. // 2008
The aim of this research is the improvement of the knowledge management process for long-lasting product development projects, which repeat themselves in cycles of 3-5 years. To find and propose ...

DESIGN OF A MACHINING CENTRE – CRITERION OPTIMIZATION .

Dosedla, Michal; Marek, Jiri // 2008

Design Students’ Preferences and Conceptions of Idea Generation in Groups

Liikkanen, L. A.; Perttula, M. K.; Sipilä, P. // 2008

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