Overview
The integrated product and process design and development method is the standard for the rapid creation of competitively priced, high-quality products. Carefully organized, with sections on each major stage of the approach, this book is a complete treatment of this important direction in engineering. It is designed to help readers cultivate an attitude toward design that encourages creativity and innovation, while balancing the equally important considerations of customer requirements and satisfaction, quality, reliability, manufacturing methods, material selection, assembly, cost, the environment, and scheduling.Synopsis
The integrated product and process design and development method is the standard for the rapid creation of competitively priced, high-quality products. Carefully organized, with sections on each major stage of the approach, this book is a complete treatment of this important direction in engineering. It is designed to help readers cultivate an attitude toward design that encourages creativity and innovation, while balancing the equally important considerations of customer requirements and satisfaction, quality, reliability, manufacturing methods, material selection, assembly, cost, the environment, and scheduling.
Booknews
Details the implementation of an integrated approach to the product realization process that is used to create competitively priced quality products in the shortest possible time. Magreb has used the text in his graduate and undergraduate mechanical engineering courses (U. of Maryland). Book-long problems, the drywall taping system and the steal frame joining tool, are from class projects. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.