Product Design and Factory Development

• Discusses the impact of concurrent engineering on product development
• Provides a better understanding of the tolerances, lead times, coats, and dos and don'ts of design processes
• Examines deductive reasoning and systematic approaches involved in troubleshooting and debugging
• Explores how to ensure that the facility and equipment are not only adequate to compete in the marketplace today, but flexible enough to for use in the future
• Introduces the processes of facility design and construction, including how to improve on existing designs
• Focuses on how to achieve satisfied customers and investors while maintaining a healthy workforce
• Discusses the fundamental shift in the way businesses rely on information systems to improve their competitive advantage

Today's fast-paced manufacturing culture demands a handbook that provides how-to, no-holds-barred, no-frills information. Completely revised and updated, the Handbook of Manufacturing Engineering is now presented in four volumes. Keeping the same general format as the first edition, this second edition not only provides more information but makes it more accessible. Each individual volume narrows the focus while broadening the coverage, giving you immediate access to the information you need. Volume One, Product Design and Factory Development reveals how human factors deeply affect productivity in the workplace and why the modern manufacturing engineer must be well versed in these areas.

Edited by Richard Crowson with contributions from experts in each field, the book considers historical data for anthropometry and explores the impact of injuries, product liability, and low productivity on product cost. The book sequentially outlines the basic concepts of reliability theory in six chapters along with commonly used statistical methods for evaluating component reliability. It covers rapid prototyping, explores the machine debugging and troubleshooting process, and devotes an entire chapter to computers and controllers.

The challenges presented by the fiercely technical world we live and work in are met by the manufacturing engineer. Companies can no longer afford to allow the manufacturing engineer to learn on the job. Therefore, the manufacturing engineer must gain as much knowledge from as many credible sources as possible. Covering the global picture of manufacturing, this book shows you how to successfully apply manufacturing engineering skills on the job.