Integrated product and process design and development : the product realization process / Edward B. Magrab [and others].

Prev. edition entered under Edward B. Magrab.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Ch. 1. Product Development in the 21st Century -- Ch. 2. The integrated Product and Process Design and Development Team Method -- Ch. 3. Cost Analysis -- Ch. 4. Translating Customer Need Into Product Requirements and Specifications -- Ch. 5. Product Functional Requirements and Functional Decomposition -- Ch. 6. Product Concepts and Embodiments -- Ch. 7. Design for Assembly and Disassembly -- Ch. 8. Materials Selection -- Ch. 9. Manufacturing Processes and Design -- Ch. 10. Design for 'X' -- Ch. 11. Product and Process Improvement -- Appendix A: Material Properties and Relative Cost of Raw Materials.

The second edition of a bestseller, this book discusses an integrated product and process design which has been successfully use to conceptualize, design, and rapidly product competitively-priced quality products. It examines the overlapping, interacting, and iterative nature of the engineering aspects that impact the product realization process. A detailed introduction to the creation of high quality products, the new edition explores the role of innovation, requirements engineering, smart materials, different rapid prototyping methods, and life-cycle cost determination, to name just a few. The book delineates proven methods that have been used successfully to create products.