Enterprises are focusing more and more on knowledge issues for global product development. This paper describes knowledge evolution processes in product development activities and proposes a knowledge evaluation method in product lifecycle design. The paper also theoretically analyzes the evaluation model and illustrates how knowledge values can be assessed by case study. The case study shows h...

the solubility of kno3 in the mixed solvent (water 85%+methanol 15%) were determined by using solvent evaporating method at different temperatures (25, 30, 40, 50, 60 ;c). in addition the equilibrium constant of ion pair formation, kip, for k+no3 – ion-pair on the basis of fuoss contact ion pair model was calculated. upon choosing the extended debye-hückel model for estimating the mean activity...

a supply chain is composed of a complex sequence of processing stages, ranging from raw materials supplies, parts manufacturing, components and end-products assembling, to the delivery of end products. in the context of supply chain management, supplier selection decision is considered one of the key issues faced by operations and purchasing managers to remain competitive. therefore, requiremen...

The paper discusses about the evaluation of the quality of human-centred design processes in product development. It introduces the concept of usability maturity model to be used as an instrument in evaluating human-centred processes, and presents experiences from two assessments, where a novel usability maturity model developed by an EU research project INUSE was used.

Mass customization has been identified as a competitive strategy by an increasing number of companies. Family-based product design has been recognized as an efficient and effective means to realize sufficient product variety to satisfy a range of customer demands in support for mass customization. This paper presents a knowledge decision support approach to product family design evaluation and ...

customer satisfaction is the major concern to many leading companies throughout the world.customer satisfaction is the major concern to many leading companies throughout the world. more firms use satisfaction ratings as an indicator of the performance of products and services and as an indicator of the company’s future. as lately shown companies that are able to identify customer needs and alig...

The effective cost management during the conceptual design phase of a product is essential to develop a product with minimum cost and desired quality. The integration of the methodologies of quality function deployment (QFD), value engineering (VE) and target costing (TC) could be applied to the continuous improvement of any product during product development. To optimize customer satisfaction ...