IL4010 Product Innovation and Development Syllabus:

IL4010 Product Innovation and Development Syllabus – Anna University PG Syllabus Regulation 2021

OBJECTIVES:

 Gain knowledge of innovation in Product design and development.
 Summarize the development of new products through conceptualization, design and development phases.
 Associate various aspects of product development with industrial design and manufacturing.
 Interpret the fundamental concept of Rapid Prototyping.
 Generate products which are suitable for the needs of the society.

UNIT I PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT AND CONCEPT SELECTION

Product development process – Product development organizations- Identifying the customer needs – Establishing the product specifications – concept generation – Concept selection.

UNIT II PRODUCT ARCHITECTURE

Product architecture – Implication of the architecture – Establishing the architecture – Related system level design issues.

UNIT III INDUSTRIAL AND MANUFACTURING DESIGN

Need for industrial design – Impact of industrial design – Industrial design process. Assessing the quality of industrial design- Human Engineering consideration -Estimate the manufacturing cost – Reduce the component cost – Reduce the assembly cost – Reduce the support cost – Impact of DFM decisions on other factors

UNIT IV PROTOTYPING AND ECONOMIC ANALYSIS

Principles of prototyping – Planning for prototypes – Rapid Prototyping- Elements of economic analysis – Base case financial model – Sensitivity analysis – Influence of the quantitative factors.

UNIT V MANAGING PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS

Sequential, parallel and coupled tasks – Baseline project planning – Project Budget- Project execution – Project evaluation- patents- patent search-patent laws-International code for patents.

TOTAL: 45 PERIODS

OUTCOMES:

CO1: The students should be able to understand the basic concept of product development.
CO2: Design and develop new products in a systematic using the studied tools and techniques.
CO3: To associate various aspects of product development with industrial design and manufacturing.
CO4: To understand the fundamental concept of Rapid Prototyping.
CO5: To be able to design products which are suitable for the needs of the society.

REFERENCES:

1. Gevirtz C, Developing New products with TQM, McGraw – Hill International editions,1994.
2. Jamnia A, Introduction to Product Design and Development for Engineers, Taylor and Francis Group, 2018.
3. RosenthalS, Effective product design and development, Irwin 1992.
4. Ulrich K, Eppinger S, Product Design and Development, McGraw- Hill International Fifth Editions, 2012.