Product Design and Process Selection

These flashcards cover essential vocabulary and concepts related to product design and process selection from the lecture notes.

Product Design

The process of defining all the characteristics of a product, including appearance, materials, dimensions, tolerances, and performance standards.

Process Selection

The development of the process necessary to produce the designed product.

Break-Even Analysis

A tool used to compute the quantity of goods a company needs to sell to cover its costs.

Process Flowchart

A diagram that visually represents the flow of processes involved in producing a product.

Intermittent Operations

Processes used to produce a variety of products with different processing requirements in lower volumes.

Repetitive Operations

Processes used to produce one or a few standardized products in high volume.

Idea Development

The first step in the product design process where a need and product/service design to satisfy it are conceived.

Concurrent Engineering

An approach that brings many people together in the early phase of product design to simultaneously design the product and process.

Design for Manufacture (DFM)

Guidelines to produce a product easily and profitably, focusing on simplification and standardization.

Product Life Cycle

The stages that products go through in their lifetime, including introduction, growth, maturity, and decline.

E-manufacturing

A web-based environment that creates business opportunities for product and process design collaboration, including the use of CAD and CIM.

Service Design

The process of establishing all characteristics of a service, including physical, sensual, and psychological benefits.

Automation

The use of machinery that can perform work without human operators.

Robotics

The use of robots to automate various manufacturing and service processes.

Customer Contact

The degree to which customers interact with the service in the service delivery process.