Product design and development (5^th Ed.)

Treating such contemporary design and development issues as identifying customer needs, design for manufacturing, prototyping, and industrial design, Product Design and Development by Ulrich and Eppinger presents in a clear and detailed way a set of product development techniques aimed at bringing together the marketing, design, and manufacturing functions of the enterprise. The integrative methods in the book facilitate problem solving and decision making among people with different disciplinary perspectives, reflecting the current industry toward designing and developing products in cross-functional teams.

Chapter 1. Introduction. Chapter 2. Development Processes and Organizations. Chapter 3. Opportunity Identification. Chapter 4. Product Planning. Chapter 5. Identifying Customer Needs. Chapter 6. Product Specifications. Chapter 7. Concept Generation. Chapter 8. Concept Selection. Chapter 9. Concept Testing. Chapter 10. Product Architecture. Chapter 11. Industrial Design. Chapter 12. Design for Environment. Chapter 13. Design for Manufacturing. Chapter 14. Prototyping. Chapter 15. Robust Design. Chapter 16. Patents and Intellectual Property. Chapter 17. Product Development Economics. Chapter 18. Managing Projects.