Ulrich, Karl T.,

Product design and development / - Seventh edition. International student edition. - xvi, 432 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: Product Development Process and Organization -- Chapter 3: Opportunity Identification -- Chapter 4: Product Planning -- Chapter 5: Identifying Customer Needs -- Chapter 6: Product Specifications -- Chapter 7: Concept Generation -- Chapter 8: Concept Selection -- Chapter 9: Concept Testing -- Chapter 10: Product Architecture -- Chapter 11: Industrial Design -- Chapter 12: Design for Environment -- Chapter 13: Design for Manufacturing and Supply Chain -- Chapter 14: Prototyping -- Chapter 15: Robust Design -- Chapter 16: Patents and Intellectual Property -- Chapter 17: Service Design -- Chapter 18: Product Development Economics -- Chapter 19: Project Management -- Index.

Designed for use in the interdisciplinary courses on product development as well as by practicing professionals, this thorough resource strikes a balanced approach between theory and practice through the authors emphasis on methods. --

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Product design.
New products.
Production management.

658.575 / ULP