PRODUCT (HARDWARE/SOFTWARE) DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT

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• Integrating Product Design and Production: Designing for Time-to-Market - Abstract: This paper presents a methodology that incorporates production concerns at an early product design stage to reduce its time-to-market. The dependencies between the product and the production system have been explored, and methods to improve the fit between the two are being developed using design theory, manufacturing knowledge, queuing theory and trade-off analysis. This methodology would provide the design team with tools to estimate the production time of a new product and to indicate appropriate changes to the design and production system early in the product realization process.