Design Function Deployment

The need for change. Towards first class design and manufacturing. Objectives of design function deployment. Strategy. The structure of the book. Chapter summary. An overview of engineering design. Product development - a historical perspective. Systematic design. Product modelling, simulation and the reduction of the knowledge gap. Computer aided design and geometric modelling. The impact of computers on engineering design. Exploitation of emerging technologies. The impact of new materials and technologies on engineering design. Flexible design (tailor made products at mass production costs). Design tools and computer aided design tools. Sequential versus overlapping design. Global research in engineering design. Managing design projects. BS 7000 on design management. Product strategy and market representation. Artificial intelligence applications in engineering design. Chapter summary. Evolution of design function deployment. Design philosophies, models and methods. Quality function deployment. Concurrent engineering. Chapter summary. Design function deployment. Product modelling. The design philosophy of design function deployment. The design model with design function deployment. The stucture of design function deployment. Designing with design function deployment. Design function deployment as a platform for continuous improvement. Chapter summary. Design methods with design function deployment. Design for cost. Robust engineering design. Materials selection. Generic checklist. Matrix methods. Geometric modelling. Design retrieval. Circuit design. Design methods for concept generation and selection. Design methods for detailed design. Design for X. Design methods for manufacturing. Design methods for production planning. Multi-criteria design optimization. Chapter summary. Design function deployment - Case studies. Design function deployment - Computer implementation. System architecture for design function deployment. The object oriented design approach. Design function deployment input/output. Graphical user interface for design function deployment. Requirements capture and representation. The DFD file and data structures. Interfacing with design mehtods.