Select compatible materials and processes for both manufacturing and assembly for the major components and subassemblies. Specify the conceptual design information to estimate the production time of the product. Suggest an ideal production system that would manufacture the candidate design in minimum time. Estimate the production time of the candidate design in the existing system and identify critical product and production system elements that negatively impact this time. Perform trade-off analyses among the alternatives suggested by the design team to achieve a shorter production time.
Analysis subsystem to estimate the production time and perform the trade-off analyses.
Databases to store the design information provided by the design team, the manufacturing time information computed by the system, and the production system information provided to the product development team. Integrated Product and Process Design and Development , CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL, 1997. Principles of Design, Oxford University Press, New York, 1990.