Product Design and Development
by Karl T. Ulrich, Steven Eppinger, Maria C. Yang · first published 1995
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"Treating such contemporary design and development issues as identifying customer needs, design for manufacturing, prototyping, and industrial design, Product Design and Development by Ulrich and Eppinger presents in a clear and detailed way a set of product development techniques aimed at bringing together the marketing, design, and manufacturing functions of the enterprise. The integrative methods in the book facilitate problem solving and decision making among people with different disciplinary perspectives, reflecting the current industry toward designing and developing products in cross-f
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…recommendations because at the time I viewed text books with the same level of excitement as most other students, which is to say none at all. The two books that I did keep after college are the following: 1) Product Design and Development: http://www.amazon.com/Product-Design-Development-Karl-Ulrich... 2) Machine Design: An Integrated Approach: http://www.amazon.com/Machine-Design-Edition-Robert-Norton/d...
on “Five Hundred and Seven Mechanical Movements” ↗…that they need to provide sales and post-sales support and stand behind their product for many years. Prototyping and testing alone could easily cost hundreds of thousands of dollars per iteration. Product Design and Development [0] is a fantastic book that provides insight into the development process for a wide range of products. I have a 1995 edition. It goes from a screwdriver through to engine parts and the mechanical…
on “Massachusetts man uses 3-D printer to make prosthetic hand for his son” ↗…saves me quite a bit of time. This subject extends much deeper than the rote teaching of "soft skills" to engineers. And is more akin to realizing one's own humanity ;) I can also recommend a text called Product Design and Development used in the grad-level MIT class http://www.ulrich-eppinger.net/
on “Product-building articles by PMs at major tech companies” ↗…A Critical Component of Toyota's PDCA Management System (Sobek II and Smalley) Data Smart: Using Data Science To Transform Information into Insight (Foreman) An Everlasting Meal (Waters and Adler) Product Design and Development (Ulrich et al)
on “Ask HN: What is HN reading?” ↗