Course Syllabus for students Autumn 2021

After a successful course, the student shall:

- display knowledge of ways of work, methods, tools used during development of products to analyze and improve a product's manufacturability
- display knowledge of cost management techniques used during development of new products
- display knowledge of factors that affect integration between product development and production in relation to development of new products

- demonstrate the ability to apply methods and tools to strengthen the integration among different organisational functions such as product development and production
- demonstrate the ability to analyze and improve new products from a manufacturing and assembly point of view

- demonstrate the ability to relate a company's practical work to theories of integration between product development and production.

The course contains a holistic perspective on a product development with a special focus on the integration between product and production. The course considers methods and tools to support work at the interface between product and production development. The course contains methods to support creativity in product and production development, as well as takes into account analysis and improvement of a product from a cost, quality, manufacturability, assembly and sustainability point of view.

The course includes the following elements:
- Methods and approaches for design for manufacturing and assembly
- Design for cost
- Product architecture impact on production
- Methods and tools to support integration between product development and production during development of new products
- Factors that affect integration between product development and production during development of new products

Lectures, seminars and project work.

The teaching is conducted in English.

Passed courses 180 credits in first cycle, at least 90 credits within the major subject Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Engineering and Management or Civil Engineering, and 15 credits in Mathematics, and completed course Integrated Product Realization 7,5 credits or equivalent. Proof of English proficiency is required.

The course is graded 5,4,3 or Fail.

Name of the Test	Value	Grading
Examination1	3 credits	5/4/3/U
Assignment	2.5 credits	U/G
Seminars	2 credits	U/G

¹ Determines the final grade of the course, which is issued only when all course units have been passed.

The literature list for the course will be provided one month before the course starts.

Title: Product Design and Development, Seventh Edition
Authors:Karl T. Ulrich. Steven D. Eppinger. Maria C. Yang
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781260566437