Management of Design

Product design significantly influences product cost and quality, as well as market share and profitability of a firm. Design projects often involve many people belonging to different functional areas and in many organizations several design projects may be under way at the same time. Due to this complexity, management of design has given rise to a rich set of research problems in management and engineering.
In this volume, design is considered as the planning and specification activity prior to fabrication. Design determines what products will be produced, how they will be produced, and when they will be introduced into the market. The quality of the products and the speed with which they are developed are significantly affected by the design process. The design process by which a product is developed is determined by the managerial and engineering practices, tools and techniques.
This book presents engineering and management perspectives on design. Topics covered include:

• Decomposition of product development projects;
• Tools and techniques for preliminary evaluation of designs;
• Interface between design and manufacturing, assembly and distribution;
• Design information flows, and

• Determination of the scope, timing and duration of projects, and the allocation of resources.

  Inhalt
  1 Expanding the Design Space Through Innovative Design Processes.- 2 Recent Developments in Engineering Design Research.- 3 New Product Design Strategy Analysis: A Modeling Framework.- 4 From Project to Process Management in Engineering: Managerial and Methodological Challenges.- 5 Resource Allocation Problems Arising in Product Development.- 6 Designing Products and Process for Postponement.- 7 Design for Set Manufacturability.- 8 Design Support for Concurrent Engineering: A Case Example.- 9 Benefits and Limitations of Structured Methodologies in Product Design.- 10 Managing Function Concepts in the Design Process.- 11 Managing Generational Changing in Computer Workstations.- 12 Fundamentals of Product Modularity.- 13 Rationalizing the Design Process.- 14 Management of Design Information Flows.