Article: Design for success. (product design)

Companies create products to meet the needs of their customers. Proper design of those products can be the critical factor that determines whether or not a firm succeeds in the marketplace. There continues to be a proliferation of philosophies and methodologies that attempt to guide the product design process. Many of these are of the "design for X" variety: "design for manufacturability," "design for testability," and "design for quality," for example. However, these regard product design from one particular functional viewpoint only, such as marketing, manufacturing, or engineering. All relevant issues of product design are not always considered. Approaches that are too ...

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