Product Design and Development | 7th Edition

Description

Product design and development, seventh edition, blends the perspectives of marketing, design, engineering, and manufacturing into a single, research-backed approach to product development. As a result, the book provides students of all kinds with an appreciation for the realities of industrial practice and for the complex and essential roles played by the various members of product development teams. For industrial practitioners, in particular, the book provides a set of product development methods that can be put into immediate practice on development projects. An industrial example or case study illustrates every method in the book. A different product example is used in each Chapter to add interest and to illustrate that the methods can be applied to a wide range of products, from industrial equipment to consumer Goods.