Module: Product Design, Development & Value Analysis

Module Specifications.

Current Academic Year 2024 - 2025

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Date posted: September 2024

Module Title	Product Design, Development & Value Analysis
Module Code	MM523 (ITS) / MEC1053 (Banner)
Faculty	Engineering & Computing	School	Mechanical & Manufacturing Eng
Module Co-ordinator	David Kinahan
Module Teachers	Dermot Brabazon
NFQ level	9	Credit Rating	7.5
Pre-requisite	Not Available
Co-requisite	Not Available
Compatibles	Not Available
Incompatibles	Not Available

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Description

The objective of this module is to develop to an advanced level participants skills in the design process and engineering value analysis.

Learning Outcomes

1. Analyse the key elements in the design process.
2. Generate alternative design solutions to meet design requirements
3. Perform a Faults Mode and Effects Analysis
4. Perform a Quality Function Deployment analysis and describe quality and regulatory requirements.
5. Perform a risk analysis for a product.
6. Be able to use Decision Theory to evaluate design and project options.
7. Implement the methodology of cost evaluation and value analysis.
8. Analyse the role of rapid prototyping in new product development.

*Type*	*Hours*	*Description*
Workload	Full-time hours per semester
Tutorial	12	No Description
Lecture	36	No Description
Independent Study	116	No Description
Seminars	24	No Description
Total Workload: 188

All module information is indicative and subject to change. For further information,students are advised to refer to the University's Marks and Standards and Programme Specific Regulations at: http://www.dcu.ie/registry/examinations/index.shtml

Indicative Content and Learning Activities

New product development process, customer input, product specification, prioritisation of new product projects, concept analysis, market launch.

Concurrent engineering

Interaction of materials, processing and design.

Sensitivity design analysis, optimisation design analysis.

Role of rapid prototyping in new product development.

Quality issues (ISO 9001), regulatory requirements, hazard Identification / risk analysis.

Engineering statistics, statistics and design, statistical design of experiments.

Product value analysis, including linear programming, to solve design / value problems.

Assessment Breakdown
Continuous Assessment	20%	Examination Weight	80%

Type	Description	% of total	Assessment Date
Course Work Breakdown
Essay	A well-known product for case study analysis has to be chosen and discussed how the product might have passed through the product design process (PDP) and document its product life cycle (PLC). Indicate how design resources (such as CAD/CAM, CIM, and rapid prototyping-RP) and working systems (such as concurrent / simultaneous engineering, total quality management (TQM), reverse engineering, world class manufacturing (WCM), queuing and inventory systems) might influence the PDP and PLC of the chosen product.	10%	Week 6
Loop Exam	Mulitple choice question, open book, exam covering entire course	10%	Week 12

Reassessment Requirement Type
Resit arrangements are explained by the following categories: Resit category 1: A resit is available for both* components of the module. Resit category 2: No resit is available for a 100% continuous assessment module. Resit category 3: No resit is available for the continuous assessment component where there is a continuous assessment and examination element.
* ‘Both’ is used in the context of the module having a Continuous Assessment/Examination split; where the module is 100% continuous assessment, there will also be a resit of the assessment
This module is category 1

Indicative Reading List

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