Portion 1- Due Today by 9PM Respond to the following in a minimum of 175 words: What are the product design philosophies behind industrial design and design for manufacture and assembly? Which one do

TWYLA WROTE:

Industrial Design – The product design philosophies behind industrial design suggest that organizations has certain core values and ethics that they follow to resolve each of the business issues and also apply on each of the processes. It helps in meeting the need for the customers and global demand while maintaining the uniformity in the business. It helps the organizations in ensuring that they are able to cater the demand and requirement of the customers while they also maintain the competitive position in the market.

Design for Manufacture and Assembly – The philosophy for product design behind manufacturing and assembly is the focus on product design which is more based on the customers.

So the industrial is more of the market driven design and manufacture and assembly has more of customer focused design. For example Automobile companies make common product while ensuring the safety of the users and they also do the customization based on the customer demand.

Smartphones is something which I consider Market driven product design where Apple was able to launch the touch screen iPhone successfully, while Nokia, lost the ground because their product designs were not as per the market and customer demand.

ROY WROTE:

The product design philosophies behind the industrial design are more closely related to the way a product is designed and how easy it is to use. As far as the model for manufacture and assembly, the main goal is how fast and cost-effective a product can be produced. When examining the importance each philosophy has in customer-focused product development, both philosophies have advantages and disadvantages.

The advantage of product designed philosophies is that it will attract consumers. The disadvantage is that the design might be too costly and could eliminate some of the target markets. On the other hand, designed for manufacturing and assembly philosophy focuses more on speed and cost, which is positive. However, it could backfire if the result is an inferior product.

Some of the world's biggest companies subscribe to product design philosophies such as Function over form, Empathy, and focus, Aiming for 'WOW,' and Simplicity. However, if those designs are too costly to produce, it could break a company. However, that are exceptions to sticking to product design philosophies created to attract consumers and cost a lot to manufacture. A company like Apple has proven that its simplicity-designed ideas and the feel of a superior product go beyond costs. Apple customers pay more for their Apple products based on their design and quality of the product.