Product Design and Development
This course provides students with the skills to design and develop new products, focusing on market analysis, design processes, and product lifecycle management. Students will gain experience in product design and development strategies, preparing them for careers in research and product development within the chemical industry.
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- Product Development Process
- The Front-End Process
- Adapting the Generic Product Development Process
- Product Development Process Flows
- Product Development Organizations
- Gather Raw Data from Customers
- Transform Raw Data from Customers into Customer Needs
- Organize the Needs into a Hierarchy
- Establish the Relative Importance of the Needs
- Reflect of the Results and the Process
- What are Specifications?
- Establishing Target Specifications
- Setting the Final Specifications
- Five Steps of Concept Generation
- Concept Screening
- Concept Scoring
- Concept Testing
- Final Product Specifications
- Brand and Prototype
- Production Capacity and Forecasting
- Flowsheet the Process
- Prodcution Layout
- Performance of Production
- Production Planning
- Inventory Control
- Physical Distribution Systems: Warehouse
- Physical Distribution Systems: Transportation
- Capital Cost Estimation
- Operating Cost Estimation
- Time Value of Money
- Cash Flow and Depreciation
- Cost Breakdown and Product Pricing
- Profitabiliy Analysis (ROI, IRR, PP, BEP)
- Sensitivity Analysis
References:
- Ulrich, K. T., & Eppinger, S. T. (2012). Product Design and Development (5th ed.). McGraw-Hill.
- Wesselingh, J. A., Kiil, S., & Vigild, M. E. (2007). Design and Development of Biological, Chemical, Food, and Pharmaceutical Products. John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
- Sieder, W. D., Seader, J. D., Lewin, R. L., & Widagdo, S. (2009). Product and Process Design Principles: Synthesis, Analysis, and Evaluation (3rd ed.). John Wiley & Sons, Inc.