Om CH-3 3
Om CH-3 3
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3.1. PRODUCT AND SERVICE DESIGN
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oTo reduce costs and;
oTo increase quality
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3.2. Phases/ Steps of Product Design
• The three major functions involved in product and
service design are :
oMarketing : has the responsibility of suggesting ideas
for new product and customer interest.
oProduct development: responsible for moving the
technical concept of the product to its final design.
oManufacturing/operation: selecting and/or configuring
the process by which the product is to be
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Steps in product design and redesign
1. Idea development
• Sources including:
oCustomer view points
oInternal sources (employees, manager, owner,…)
oCompetitors as a source (Perceptual maps,
benchmarking & Reverse Engineering )
oOther external sources 6
• Perceptual maps, benchmarking, and reverse
engineering can help companies learn from
their competitors.
4. Final design
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2. Concurrent Engineering
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3. Robust design: A product designed to
withstand variations in environmental and
operating conditions is said to be robust or to
possess robust quality.
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6. Computer-aided Design (CAD) a software system
that uses computer graphics to assist in the
creation, modification, and analysis of a design.
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Strategies for new product introduction
A. Market pull View
• The products are then pushed into the market and marketing job is
to create demand for these superior products.
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C. Inter functional view
• This view holds that the product should not only fit
the market needs but have a technological advantage
as well.
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