...Joel Johansson Manufacturing companies continually need to develop and produce products faster, cheaper, and of better quality to meet requirements from customers and investors. One key factor in meeting these requirements is the efficiency of the product development and the production preparation...

...W. L. Chan; M. W. Fu; J. Lu In the traditional metal forming product development paradigm, product design is generally based on heuristic know-how and experience, which are basically acquired through many years of practice. This kind of product design paradigm is of more trial-and-error than...

... significance for the integrated composite product and process development. 28 10 2003 05 08 2004 permeability mechanical variables measurement porosity product development process design preforms moulding Liquid composite molding (LCM), which includes the resin transfer molding...

...Bai Zhang; Jun Ni Research investigations have shown that the dimensional quality is deeply rooted in the whole process of the product development, from product, process and tooling design, the tooling manufacturing process, to the production. Unlike rigid body assembly, automotive body assembly...

...Uday A. Kulkarni; Han P. Bao One of the major drawbacks of present cost estimation models is their incapability of embracing effectively complete product development stage. Parametric estimation works well in early design stage, but when it comes to detail design stage, a more complete estimation...

...David Kazmer; David Hatch; Liang Zhu; Christoph Roser; Deepak Kapoor A performance index, C f , is developed for assessing the flexibility of candidate engineering designs and manufacturing processes at various stages during product development. The index is a ratio of the range of the feasible...