Integrated Product and Production Development 7.5 credits

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: - Overview of product development process - Methods and approaches for design for manufacturing and assembly - 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