February 2023
Intermediate to advanced
584 pages
17h 26m
English
This chapter describes applications of the important tools used during the early stages of product development. The tools covered include (1) benchmarking and breakthrough, (2) Pugh diagram, (3) quality function deployment (QFD), (4) failure modes and effects analysis (FMEA), and (5) other product development tools such as business plan, program status charts, computer-aided design (CAD), and model-based systems engineering (MBSE).
Benchmarking is used to compare currently available competitors’ products with manufacturer’s current product concepts to understand the gaps between the product concepts and the benchmarked products. The knowledge gained thus can be used to ...
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