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Product design methods and practices [electronic resource] / Henry W. Stoll.

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Bibliographic Details
Online Access:	Full Text (via Taylor & Francis)
Main Author:	Stoll, Henry W.
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Marcel Dekker, 1999.
Subjects:	Industrial design.

Table of Contents:

Considerations of good design: the product design environment
Design for profitability
Improving early design decisions
Principles of good design
Total cost reduction
Design process improvement
Conceptual design: customer focused concept design
The rational building block method
Formal concept selection methods
Model-driven design
Design for efficient manufacture: process-driven design
part elimination. Strategies
Assembly design
Tolerance design
Component design
Manufacturability improvement method
Total cost reduction: elimination and simplification strategies
Standardization and rationalization
Internal standard components
Design for quality: design improvement methods
Failure mode and effects analysis
Design review checklist.