Design for Profitability: Guidelines to Cost Effectively Manage the Development Process of Complex Products

ISBN-13: 9781138748712 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 218 str.

ELMOSELHY

Opis

Since the success of products significantly depends on the quality of product performance, inadequate management of the product design process can lead to improper performance of products that can result in significant long-term business losses. This book presents a design guideline for complex product design and development to enable companies to cost-effectively improve the technical performance of their products and consequently improve their competitiveness and profitability in the marketplace.

Recenzje

"Through analyzing design of experiments and correlating positive/negative effects, the author has summarized a guide for designers and developers to ensure product development and product performance are cost effectively balanced. The author has been able to give important clues to where product developers should focus or avoid additional resource effort in successful complex product development."
—Doug Evans, Suncor

Spis treści

Analysis and Modelling of the Product Development Process. Dimensions of and Approaches to Managing the Product Development Process. Research Methodologies to Understand the Product Development Process. Engineering Design Experiments. Design Experiments: Description and Outcome. Statistical Analysis’ Results on the Experiments’ Outcomes. Implications and Conclusions of Research Findings. Concluding Remarks and Future Research Directions. Appendix A: Design Management Research Questionnaire on the Integrated Design Project. Appendix B: Design Management Research Questionnaire on the Structural Design Project. Appendix C: Design Activities and Strategies. References. Index.

O autorze

Salah A.M. Elmoselhy holds a PhD in mechanical engineering under joint supervision of the International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM) and the Center for Sustainable Mobility at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech). He holds as well an MS in mechanical design and production engineering from Cairo University and an MBA in international manufacturing business from Maastricht School of Management (MSM). He has ten years of industrial experience in CAD/CAM and robotised manufacturing systems. He has been recently a researcher at the Engineering Department and Fitzwilliam College of Cambridge University from which he received a Diploma of postgraduate studies in engineering design. He has authored/co-authored about twenty-five refereed publications including ISI-indexed and SCOPUS-indexed journals and conference publications. His research appears in journals such as SAE Transactions: Journal of Materials and Manufacturing, Journal of Manufacturing Systems, and Journal of Mechanical Science and Technology. He is an Associate Member of the IMechE, recipient of the 2009 ASME Award of Excellence in advancing the engineering profession in robotics, and Member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of Industrial Engineering & Management.