Factors Affecting Constructional Details in Product Designing

Daniel M. Sta.MariaMTE 507

Customer Satisfaction begins

with product and service design. Moreover, decisions are made in this area impact operations and the organization’s overall success.

Product and Service Design

Process selection and capacity

planning impact the ability of the product system to deform and to satisfy customers. Flexibility, Production time, and cost are key considerations in process design.

Product and Service Design

Process selection and layout

are closely related. Layout decisions are influenced by decisions made in product and service design.

Product and Service Design

Factors that influences the Product Design

The picture below gives an outline to some of the many factors that affect the development of a product. Below is more

detail regarding each of the points mentioned above.

The cost of the materials and

labour required to manufacture the product.

The price potential customers are prepared to pay for the product.

COST

The product may be designed

for human use. As a result ergonomics (sizes etc...) will pay a major role.

ERGONOMICS

The availability of materials

and the development of new, hi-technology  materials will have an influence on the final design of a product.

MATERIALS

The customer will have great

influence over the way a product is designed and develops. As a product is designed it is normal for potential customers to be questioned about the type of product or design that they prefer.

CUSTOMER REQUIREMENTS

For example, when designing

a mobile phone a design team will show potential customers several designs and make changes according to their likes and dislikes.

CUSTOMER REQUIREMENTS

All products are manufactured

through one of the following manufacturing techniques:

Single Item / Prototype / One Off

Batch Production Continuous Production

INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION

Just in Time When designing a product the

most desirable production technique may influence the way the final product looks.

INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION

The product may have to

display the company image. Most companies are proud of their public image.

COMPANY IDENTITY

This may determine the color

scheme applied to the product, the way it looks or even the materials that are used in its manufacture (i.e. recycled materials).

COMPANY IDENTITY

The shape and form of the

product may determine the layout of circuits or mechanisms etc.. inside it. Products are often designed to look stylish.

AESTHETICS

The style applied to the

outside of a product can quite easily influence the technology inside it. Aesthetics can also alter the production / manufacturing techniques through which it is made.

AESTHETICS

The fashion of the time

influences the design of products. Usually people want to buy up to date items not ones based on 'last years look'.

FASHION

Some products are aimed at

different cultures and countries. A product acceptable in one culture may be looked up one as offensive or less desirable in another. The use of colours and colour schemes are a good example of this.

CULTURE

The number of functions a

product has to perform will inevitably affect its design. Exactly what is the product going to do?

FUNCTIONS

Many people (potential

customers) are concerned about their environment and the damage to it caused by industrial production.

ENVIRONMENT

When designing a product it

may be wise to ensure that the materials can be recycled or the product itself  can be manufactured from a large proportion of recycled material.

ENVIRONMENT

Many products have to be designed to comply with regulations made by the organizations like ISO (International Standards Organization). More often the ISO and the government work together to set standards. The government will for example state that the product must comply with the ISO standards and law before manufacturing. When a product is manufactured to these standards, it will be clearly indicated that this is the case somewhere on the product cover printed with the number and the ISO logo.

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