Design synthesis : integrated product and manufacturing system design /

"This textbook provides a conceptual framework and methodologies for integrating product design and manufacturing. The readers should be able to use the framework and methodologies provided to jointly optimize the design/re-design of new products and manufacturing systems to produce better qual...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors:	Britton, Graeme Arthur (Author), Torvinen, Seppo J. (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Boca Raton, [Florida] : CRC Press, [2014]
Subjects:	Production engineering > Textbooks. Product design > Textbooks. TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Engineering (General) TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Industrial Design / General. TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Manufacturing. Textbooks. Product design. Production engineering.

Table of Contents:

Introduction
Designing system architectures
Product design
Manufacturing system design
Ethics
Aesthetic context
Social context
Technological context
Environmental context
Economic and political context
Life cycle analysis
Product and manufacturing system architecture integration
Modular configuration
The socio-technical systems approach
Organising people for manufacturing
Organising people for design
Design management
Glossary
Appendix A : reliability and safety methods
Appendix B : testing
Appendix C : phase and review definitions for product manufacturing system intersecting cycles
Appendix D : throughput lead time analysis
Index.