ABSTRACT

Completely revised including six new chapters, this new edition presents a more comprehensive knowledge of issues facing developers of complex products and process management. It includes more tools for implementing a Systems Engineering approach to minimize the risks of delays and cost overruns and helps create the right product for its customers.

Designing Complex Products with Systems Engineering Processes and Techniques, Second Edition highlights how to increase customer satisfaction, quality, safety, and usability to meet program timings and budgets using a Systems Engineering approach. It provides decision-making considerations and models for creating sustainable product design and describes many techniques and tools used in product development and the product life-cycle orientation. The book also offers techniques used in Design for Manufacturing, Design for Assembly, and product evaluation methods for verification and validation testing. Many new examples, case studies, six new chapters, and updated program and data charts held on our website are offered.

The book targets practicing engineers, engineering management personnel, product designers, product planners, product and program managers in all industrialized and developing countries. In addition the book is also useful to undergraduate, graduate students, and faculty in engineering, product design, and product project and program management.

part I|190 pages

Systems Engineering Concepts, Issues, and Methods in Product Design

part II|64 pages

Quality, Human Factors, Safety, and Sustainability Approaches

chapter 10|11 pages

Quality Management and Six-Sigma Initiatives

chapter 11|20 pages

Human Factors Engineering in Product Design

chapter 12|19 pages

Safety Engineering in Product Design

chapter 13|10 pages

Design for Sustainability

part III|179 pages

Tools Used in Product Development, Quality, Human Factors, and Safety Engineering

chapter 14|9 pages

Methods and Toolbox

chapter 15|36 pages

Product Development Tools

chapter 16|18 pages

Design for Manufacturing and Assembly

chapter 17|36 pages

Traditional and New Quality Tools

chapter 18|22 pages

Human Factors Engineering Tools

chapter 19|28 pages

Safety Engineering Tools

chapter 20|15 pages

Cost–Benefit Analysis

chapter 21|11 pages

Life Cycle Analyses

part IV|88 pages

Applications, Case Studies, and Integration

chapter 22|14 pages

Applications of Systems Engineering Tools

A Case Study on an Automotive Powertrain System

chapter 23|33 pages

Case Studies and Integration

chapter 24|28 pages

Case Studies in Cost–Benefit Analysis