The use of information management tools as support to the product development process in a metal mechanical company

This paper presents a framework for representing and deploying error-proofs (poka-yoke) in the product development process. Information technology (IT) already plays a key role in product development through tools such as numerical computation, CAD, simulations, and process planning. Information management for error-proofing in manufacturing is also quite common in many industries. However, experts agree that many field failures and quality problems stem back to errors in engineering design. While there are many case studies on design process error-proofing, one must deploy them through leveraging engineering information systems for them to be effective. Towards this goal, this paper proposes the use of quality function deployment (QFD) to characterize potential design errors, evaluate the risks, identify effective error proofing elements, and prioritize their implementation.

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Design Navigator System: A Case Study in Improving Product Development Through Improved Information Management

Volume 3: 25th Computers and Information in Engineering Conference, Parts A and B ◽

10.1115/detc2005-84901 ◽

2005 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

M. V. Karnik ◽

S. K. Gupta ◽

D. K. Anand ◽

F. J. Valenta ◽

I. A. Wexler

Keyword(s):

Product Development ◽

Information Management ◽

Development Process ◽

Relevant Information ◽

Visual Navigation ◽

Product Development Process ◽

System A ◽

Information Models ◽

Naval Surface Warfare

This paper provides an overview of the Design Navigator system being developed for the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Indian Head. This system addresses the following three information management needs. First, it captures all the relevant information being generated during the product development process in a computer-interpretable form. This eliminates information loss from the design process. Second, it builds fully interconnected information models. Thus ensuring full connectivity between requirements and specifications to various parts and assemblies in the design. Third, it offers multiple modes of searching and retrieving design information in an intuitive and convenient manner. By supporting functionality-based queries, change-based queries, geometry-based queries, and visual navigation of the entire product database, the Design Navigator system is expected to offer maximum flexibility and power to the designers to meet their diverse information retrieval needs.

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A Methodology for Evaluating the Adoption of Knowledge and Innovation Management Tools in a Product Development Process

Volume 3a: 8th Design for Manufacturing Conference ◽

10.1115/detc2003/dtm-48655 ◽

2003 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Monica Bordegoni ◽

Gaetano Cascini ◽

Stefano Filippi ◽

Ferruccio Mandorli

Keyword(s):

Product Development ◽

Development Process ◽

Innovation Management ◽

Production Costs ◽

Product Development Process ◽

Management Tools ◽

Development Processes ◽

Competitive Products ◽

The Impact ◽

A Company

The efforts made by a company to focus on the manufacturing process to minimize production costs are not any more sufficient to launch competitive products on the market. In recent years, the industry has focused on the integration and optimization of the phases of the product development process and on the introduction of innovations in the attempt to tackle and solve the above mentioned issues. The paper presents the results of a research project whose aim is to study a methodology for the evaluation of the impact and costs related to the adoption of new and innovative technologies for knowledge and innovation management within currently implemented companies’ product development processes (As-Is process).

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Experience Design Applied to Research

Conference Proceedings of the Academy for Design Innovation Management ◽

10.33114/adim.2019.04.351 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 2 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Andrea CAPRA ◽

Ana BERGER ◽

Daniela SZABLUK ◽

Manuela OLIVEIRA

Keyword(s):

Information Technology ◽

Product Development ◽

Design Process ◽

Development Process ◽

Product Development Process ◽

Experience Design ◽

Low Resolution ◽

Design Concepts ◽

Innovative Products ◽

Technological Products

An accurate understanding of users' needs is essential for the development of innovative products. This article presents an exploratory method of user centered research in the context of the design process of technological products, conceived from the demands of a large information technology company. The method is oriented - but not restricted - to the initial stages of the product development process, and uses low-resolution prototypes and simulations of interactions, allowing users to imagine themselves in a future context through fictitious environments and scenarios in the ambit of ideation. The method is effective in identifying the requirements of the experience related to the product’s usage and allows rapid iteration on existing assumptions and greater exploration of design concepts that emerge throughout the investigation.

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