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Author Britton, Graeme Arthur, author.

Title Design synthesis : integrated product and manufacturing system design / Graeme Britton, Seppo Torvinen. [O'Reilly electronic resource]

Publication Info. Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press, [2014]
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Description 1 online resource (xxii, 337 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references.
Summary "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 quality products faster and cheaper. The textbook includes homework problems and numerous real life examples. An SM and PP Slides will go along with the book to enhance textbook adoptions"-- Provided by publisher
Contents FOUNDATION; Introduction; What this Book is About; Who this Book is For; Improving Your Learning; About Concept Maps; Introduction to Global Manufacturing; Book Outline; Exercises and Problems; References; ; Designing System Architectures; Introduction; Basic Concepts; System Philosophy; Describing Systems; Describing Boundaries; Describing Environments; Designing System Architectures; Verifying System Architectures; Exercises and Problems; References; ; Product Design; Introduction; Design as a Personal Activity; Design as a Phase; Types of Design Projects; Design of Product Architectures; Design Standardisation; Design and Manufacture; Exercises and Problems; References; ; Manufacturing System Design; Introduction; Project Manufacture; Jobbing Manufacture; Batch Manufacture; Mass Manufacture; Part Manufacturing Cells: Group Technology; Assembly
Cells; Global Manufacturing; Exercises and Problems; References; ; CONTEXT; Prologue to Part II; References; Ethics; What is Morality?; Experimentalist Ethics; Ethical Aspects of Professional Life; Ethics and Values in Business; Exercises and Problems; References; ; Aesthetic Context; Introduction; The Nature of Aesthetic Experience; Aesthetic Function; Environmental Aesthetics; Aesthetics of Product Design; Aesthetic Guidelines for Regenerative Development; Exercises and Problems; References; ; Social Context; An Ecological Perspective; Maladaptive Responses to Turbulence; Adaptive Responses to Turbulence; Social Guidelines for Regenerative Development; Exercises and Problems; References; ; Technological Context; Innovation; Limits to Business Development; Global Risk Management; Technical Guidelines for Regenerative Development; Exercises and
Problems; References; ; Environmental Context; Environmental Morality; Limits to Growth; Nurturing the Environment; Environmental Guidelines for Regenerative Development; Exercises and Problems; References; ; Economic and Political Context; Introduction; Banking and Financial Markets; The Capitalist Economy; Income Inequality; 10.5 Global Politics; Politico-Economic Guidelines for Regenerative Development; Exercises and Problems; References; ; Postscript to Part II; References; ; SYNTHESIS -- TECHNOLOGIES; Lifecycle Analysis; Introduction; Development Lifecycles for Industrial and Consumer Products; Development Lifecycles for a Manufacturing System; Choosing a Lifecycle; Intersecting Lifecycles; Specifying Lifecycles and Reviews; Using Lifecycles for Sustainability Studies; Exercises and Problems; References; ; Product and Manufacturing System Architecture
Integration; Introduction; Product Platforms; Modular Product Family Architectures; The Ideal Manufacturing System; Illustrative Modular Design Example; Design Integration Process; Exercises and Problems; References; ; Modular Configuration; Configuration Matrices; Process for Creating Configuration Matrices; Configuration Maintenance; Case Study: Ponsse; Exercises and Problems; References; ; SYNTHESIS -- PEOPLE; The Socio-Technical Systems Approach; Introduction; Work Roles; Analysing the Technological System; Analysing the Social System; Designing the Work Relationship Structure; Managing the System Environment Relationship; Implementing Socio-Technical Systems; Exercises and Problems; References; ; Organising People for Manufacturing; Introduction; Interactive Planning; Modern Socio-Technical Work Group Design; Organisational Design (Structure); Organisational Design (Vertical
Teams); Organisational Design (Horizontal Teams); Dealing with Product Demand Variability; Exercises and Problems; References; ; Organising People for Design; Introduction; The Design Team; Design Team Coordination and Integration; Product and Manufacturing Design Team Cross-Linking; Team Management; Organisational Integration; Global Design Teams; Exercises and Problems; References; ; Design Management; Introduction; Tacit Experience Management; Critically Reflective Practice; Managing Concept Integrity; Configuration Management; Exercises and Problems; References; Glossary of Terms; Appendices; Appendix A: Design Analysis Techniques; Appendix B: Testing; Appendix C: Phase and Review Definitions for Product-Manufacturing Intersecting Cycles; Appendix D: Throughput Time Analysis
Subject Production engineering -- Textbooks.
Product design -- Textbooks.
Product design
Production engineering
Genre Textbooks
Added Author Torvinen, Seppo J., author.
Added Title Integrated product and manufacturing system design
Other Form: Print version: Britton, Graeme Arthur. Design synthesis. Boca Raton, [Florida] : CRC Press, 2014 9781439881644 (DLC) 2013017993 (OCoLC)724642410
ISBN 9781439881651 (electronic bk.)
1439881650 (electronic bk.)
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