Article: Product design for life-cycle mismatch.

Article: Design for life-cycle mismatch.(Management ...
Production and Operations Management;  September 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... opposing forces present a tradeoff to managers who must entertain this question: "When is it economical to invest in a product design that will be less vulnerable to part obsolescence or, in a sense, be more durable?" Furthermore, when nondurable designs ...

Article: PRODUCT DESIGN: Designing the bottom line.
Brand Strategy;  November 5, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... you quantify the return on investment in product design The importance of product design for generating brand equity is well known ... companies understand that some level of product design is necessary to be competitive and in many ...

Article: Product Design
Encyclopedia of Management;      700+ words ...Product Design Product design is cross-functional, knowledge-intensive work that has become ... products, they have opportunities to command premium pricing. Product design is a critical factor in organizational success because it sets ...

Article: Design for success. (product design)
Industrial Management;  March 1, 1996 ;     700+ words ... ... methodologies that attempt to guide the product design process. Many of these are of the ... for example. However, these regard product design from one particular functional viewpoint ... engineering. All relevant issues of product design are not always considered. Approaches ...

Article: Build a bot: readers are invited to submit designs for the Build ...
Product Design & Development;  September 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... damage on today's leading BattleBots. Product Design and Development is sponsoring a contest ... s Happy Meals. Earlier this year, Product Design and Development became the exclusive ... unfolding on Comedy Central. But now, Product Design and Development wants to build its ...

An Agent-Based Approach to Enhance Collaborative Product ...
IIE Annual Conference. Proceedings;  January 1, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... collaborative format to assist with their product design processes. By their very nature, product design is a complex process. It is, therefore ... achieve the goals using only traditional product design technology methods. Because of the ...

Article: PRODUCT DESIGN: A study in design practicality.
The Engineer;  December 10, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... partnership between its engineering and product design communities, the best place to do ... Brunel's various industrial and product design programmes have a strong workshop ... well to take note of the popularity of product design courses. 'It's no secret that across ...