ABSTRACT

The biggest challenge in any marketplace is uncertainty. The major changes taking place in world economies, politics, and demographics has raised market uncertainty to its highest level in the past 50 years. However, with new markets opening up in emerging and developing economies, the opportunities have never been better. To compete in this challe

chapter 1|12 pages

Introduction

chapter 2|22 pages

Designing System Architectures

chapter 3|20 pages

Product Design

chapter 4|26 pages

Manufacturing System Design

chapter 5|16 pages

Ethics

chapter 6|12 pages

Aesthetic Context

chapter 7|10 pages

Social Context

chapter 8|10 pages

Technological Context

chapter 9|10 pages

Environmental Context

chapter 10|22 pages

Economic and Political Context

chapter 11|20 pages

Life Cycle Analysis

chapter 13|18 pages

Modular Configuration

chapter 14|22 pages

The Socio-Technical Systems Approach

chapter 15|16 pages

Organising People for Manufacturing

chapter 16|16 pages

Organising People for Design

chapter 17|18 pages

Design Management