... the design of new products. First, the functional analysis method in value engineering was used to determine the attributes and functions of each product design. Then, the Kano model was used to determine the type of each product attribute and to use the desirable functions of attractive attributes, one...

... to the product/service itself; 2. generation of ideas about the product/services; 3. evaluation of the ideas; and 4. strategic product planning. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2011 Product design Quality management Customer requirements Product innovation All...

... engineering is in Europe often considered as a methodology within the research field of affective engineering. In Japan, on the other hand, Kansei engineering is more or less regarded as a product design philosophy. Some researchers have tried to define the content of the Kansei...

... the top concept to the nth sub concepts. The finalised diagram shows a whole concept group with a hierarchical structure of the top concept to the bottom sub concepts. The bottom sub concepts will be transferred to ergonomic experimentation in order to decide on the product design specifications...

... Group Publishing Limited 2008 Packaging Brand management Product design Linguistics Semantics Products can be considered important “touchpoints” by which a company interacts with its consumer. Packaging, media promotion and customer support are other touchpoints that the business...

... Clothing and accessories Product design Consumer behaviour Smartphones have gained popularity as a communication tool providing users with “smart” functionalities of both mobile phones and Personal Digital Assistants (PDA). These devices have become an integral part of the everyday life...

... is then examined in terms of how it can be affected by modularity. Findings It is shown that modular product design has a significant impact on key attributes of product quality. Six of the eight quality dimensions examined are potentially affected in a positive way by modularity, while five of the eight...

... orientation and identifies market advantages, that are product design efficiency, process efficiency and product reliability. The special feature of the system proposed here is that it advises designers, product developers and process planners on improvements that can be made to the design to improve product...

... process is to be used. The business needs to understand when required tolerances are pushing the process to the limit and to specify where capability should be measured and validated. © MCB UP Limited 1996 Cost of quality Engineering Knowledge‐based systems Manufacturing Product design...