... of a product automatically. This will relieve the effort of the product designer to a great extent. Originality/value – This paper proposes a methodology for a systematic, concurrent consideration of DFA and DFD to provide a holistic approach to product design from the remanufacturing perspective to ease...

...: © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2013 Assembly system Scalability Product variety Axiomatic design Assembly Product design Increasing customer expectations and turbulent global markets place high demands particularly on the small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs...

.... An integrated real‐time system would reduce cost and shorten the product design process. Originality/value This paper provides recommendations on how real‐time integration of both physical and virtual prototypes could potentially streamline the new product development process. For this study, “real‐time...

...Erik Sundin; Kristofer Elo; Hui Mien Lee Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore how manufacturers can develop automatic end‐of‐life processes facilitated by product design methods, e.g. design for disassembly, recycling and remanufacturing. Also to illustrate this kind of product and end...

...S.N. Samy; H.A. ElMaraghy Purpose The purpose of this paper is to present methods for assessing and mapping the complexity of products and their assembly. In cases of complexity of assembly it is important to consider and model at the product design stages when only data about individual parts...

... techniques developed in CAD software for product skeletal design at the preliminary design phase. In addition, its graph‐based data structure allows utilizing algorithms in graph theory to facilitate automatic product design and assembly process planning. For rigid part assemblies, simulation software...

... design methods. Design/methodology/approach Details a number of problems, often unexpected, that can be encountered by companies who outsource production overseas, and the additional costs these can incur. It also reports on an alternative to outsourcing, which is better product design, and how...

... Design Plastics Product design Ever‐increasing competition in both the domestic and the global marketplace encourages if not forces designers to develop more effective ways of reducing product cost. Such reductions obviously require more effective and efficient manufacturing, but also require...

... concurrent engineering, CAE simulation tools, and the dimensional management process directly integrated with the existing product design and build process are all necessary ingredients for success. This activity cannot be a part-time job for the design engineer. It requires a dedicated resource to work...

... mechanisms. © MCB UP Limited 1996 Precision engineering Product design Technological innovation Features NanoPositioning extreme calibration Malachy McConnell The author Malachy McConnell is at Queensgate Instruments Ltd, Bracknell, Berkshire, UK. Tel: +44 1344 484111; Fax: +44 1344 484 115...