The delivery of FA has been incorporated within wide ranging multi-component programmes and study designs have varied according to setting - i.e. family care, care homes and hospital, with surprisingly few studies located in care homes. Our findings suggest potential beneficial effects of multi-component interventions, which utilise FA. Whilst functional analysis for challenging behaviour in dementia care shows promise, it is too early to draw conclusions about its efficacy.
Based on fieldwork carried out on two Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council‐funded projects in the area of design, the paper presents the details of an assessment approach which has been developed to assess the use and application of quality tools and techniques in the new product design and development process. Its use will help management recognise the symptoms, root causes, issues and problems that are adversely affecting NPDD, with respect to application (or lack of it) of quality tools and techniques.
This paper presents an introduction to concepts of complexity in support of assemblyoriented design, to guide the designer in creating a product with the most e ective balance of manufacturing and assembly di culty. The goal is to provide the designer with such information throughout the design process that an e cient design is produced in the ®rst instance. In this paper, de®nitions and applications of the term`complexity' are reviewed, and then de®nitions appropriate for the situation are selected. The metrics required for comparison of di erent complexity variants is discussed. Finally, a research agenda is presented for development of the proposed metrics within the Designers' Sandpit project, to make complexity in design a practically useful concept.
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