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... metnc, 23, 24, 76 C CAM, 59 Change agents, 16, 45, 47, 49 Clearinghouse for instructional matenal, 3, 47 Commerce Department, U.S., 73 Communication models, 61 103 Competitive advantage, 2, 15 Competitive advantage methods development of supportive design environment as, 29-33 steps for design improvement as, 1517 use of design practices that implement product realization process, 19-29 use of product realization process tailored to product, 17-19 Competitive benchmarking, 23, 30 Competitiveness, 5-7 Computational prototyping, 58 Computer-aided design (CAD) in product realization process, 2 as research area, 53-55, 59 use of, 11, 26 Computer-aided engineering (CAE)
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... methods, 59-60 Design for "X," 54, 59-60 Design knowledge, 11, 14, 26, 37, 43, 51, 53, 55 Design rating systems, 27 Design representations, 26, 47 Design reviews, 21 Design support tools, 57-60 Design Theory and Methodology Program (National Science Foundation) , 13, 71 Designed experiments, 28-29 Designers academic experience for indus~ybased, 49 methods of obtaining and rewarding, 32-33 as part of change learn, 17 qualities necessary for, 30-32 tasks and requirements of, 29-31 Designer's dilemma, 27 Detailed design.
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From page 105...
... See also U.S. industry dissemination of research results to, 63-64 interaction between universities, research and, 3, 4, 12, 48-49, 72 need for commitment for continuous improvement, lS-17 Initiative for Engineering Design, 71 Innovation process, 61-62 Instructional materials, national clearing house for, 3, 47 Interdisciplinary design teams in design courses, 40, 44 in industry, 18-19 to support design education process, 61 J Japanese industry, 9, 29 L Lead time.
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... Engineering Research Centers, 13 research support by, 71, 73 support for [acuity by, 70 o Organization models, 61 p Parametric design, 52, 56, 57 Patents, 20 Pedersen, Donald, 28 Peer design reviews, 21 Petroski, Henry, 33 Physical prototyping, 58-59 PLMS data base, 5-7 Polaroid's Product Delivery Process, 75-76 Polya, G., 32-33 Product evolution, 2, 18 Product quali~-cost models, 21, 23, 60 Product realization process (PRP) elements and use of, 2, 16-19, 29, 30 examples of, 75-77 focus of engineering curricula on, 12 management's understanding of, 11 setting strategy and specifications for, 21 Production, 19 Products concept to delivery time of {J.S., 9 difficulties in design of complex, 79, 19 Professional engineering societies, 45, 70 Professional journals, 41 Profitability, 5-6 Prototyping, 21, 58-59 Q Quality impact of component, 7-9 INDEX relationship between profitability and, S-6 Quality-cost models, 21, 23, 60 Quality function deployment (QFD)
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From page 107...
... industry. See also Industry benefits of improvement in design practice on, 13-14 current state of design in, 10-13 decline in world dominance of, 5 U.S.
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Key Terms

  • design education
  • competitive advantage
  • realization process
  • product realization
  • support tools

  • design support
  • design research
  • instructional material
  • parametric design
  • professional engineering

  • graduate engineering
  • concurrent engineering
  • configuration design
  • undergraduate engineering
  • design knowledge

  • engineering societies
  • design environment
  • improving design
  • design theory
  • design practices

  • national consortium
  • design reviews
  • six sigma
  • awareness due
  • design cost

  • peer design
  • implement product
  • instructional materials
  • interdisciplinary design
  • clearing house


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