MF4015 Product Design and Development Syllabus:

MF4015 Product Design and Development Syllabus – Anna University PG Syllabus Regulation 2021

OBJECTIVE:

(1) Learn to know the necessity for a New Product by analysing the market trend
(2) Select methodology and process for development
(3) Generate detailed specifications for the given architecture
(4) Integrating CAE, CAD, CAM tools in product design and asses the quality and performance of products
(5) Make a prototype of a problem adhering to design principles to enhance manufacturability

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 – 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.

OUTCOMES:

At the end of this course the students are expected to
(1) Identify the need for a New Product
(2) design and develop various products
(3) Work out the cost of developing a product
(4) Will be able to prototype the product
(5) Know how to patent the new design or the product

REFERENCES:

1. Charles Gevirtz, Developing New products with TQM, McGraw – Hill International editions, 1994
2. Karal .T. Ulrich, Steven D.Eppinger, Product Design and Development, McGRAW- HILL International Editions.2003.
3. S.Rosenthal, Effective product design and development, Irwin 1992.