Design function deployment — a design system for the future

Sivaloganathan, Sangarappillai; Evbuomwan, N. F. O.; Jebb, A.; Wynn, Henry P.

doi:10.1016/0142-694x(95)00020-r

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“…There have also been reports on instances where databases have been used when developing design methodologies. For instance, describes a software-based design system for concurrent engineering where environments for data and knowledge bases have been proposed in the literature [45].…”

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Reducing work-related Musculoskeletal Disorders (MSDs) through design: Views of ergonomics and design practitioners

Punchihewa

Gyi

2015

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BACKGROUND: Work-related Musculoskeletal Disorders (MSDs) affect the well-being of workers. Unfortunately, user requirements for design to reduce workplace risk factors for MSDs are not always effectively communicated to designers creating a mismatch between the user requirements and what is ultimately produced. OBJECTIVE:To understand the views of practitioners of design and ergonomics regarding tools for participatory design and features they would like to see in such tools. METHODS:An online questionnaire survey was conducted with a cohort of practitioners of ergonomics and design (n=32). In-depth interviews were then conducted with a subset of these practitioners (n=8). To facilitate discussion, a prototype integrated design tool was developed and demonstrated to practitioners using a verbalized walkthrough approach. RESULTS:According to the results of the questionnaire survey, the majority (70%) believed an integrated approach to participatory design would help reduce work-related MSDs and suggested ways to achieve this, for example, through sharing design information. The interviews showed the majority (n=7) valued being provided with guidance on design activities and ways to manage and present information. CONCLUSION:It is believed that an integrated approach to design in order to help reduce work-related MSDs is highly important and a provision to evaluate design solutions would be desirable for practitioners of design and ergonomics.Keywords: design process; participatory design; design methods IntroductionWork-related musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) affect the health and well-being of workers and can hinder growth in the industrial sector causing staggering expense [1]. Attempts have been made to reduce MSDs in the working population, for example, intervention programs [2-5], standards [6] and guidelines [7,8] have been developed to try to eliminate workplace risk factors, but they are still commonplace. Research suggests that more intervention approaches are required and that methods currently being used to reduce the risk of MSDs among workers could be improved [9,10]. Adherence to ergonomics in design together with a full assessment of work systems would help curb work-related MSDs [1].A drawback in the design process is the mismatch between user requirements to reduce workplace risk factors for MSDs and what is ultimately produced [11,12]. Stakeholders in the design process include users that directly interact with equipment and processes and practitioners such as engineers, designers and others such as ergonomists, occupational health professionals and health and safety personnel that may be involved in the design process and influence design decisions. However, the involvement of such professionals varies [13] and 2 user focused design requirements to reduce workplace risk factors for MSDs are not always effectively and efficiently conveyed preventing appropriate solutions being incorporated in the next generation of designs. Thus, a mechanism to fill this void between the users and the ...

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Reducing work-related Musculoskeletal Disorders (MSDs) through design: Views of ergonomics and design practitioners

Punchihewa

Gyi

2015

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“…The original QFD starts from HOQ and then develops again in each production step. QFD enables the design of quality into a product in a formalized manner through four main planning stages: product, parts, manufacturing process, and production operations planning [53]. The original approach, called the "matrix of matrices," relies on a rectangular arrangement of data into rows and columns for the organization, analysis, and development of information relating to a product being considered for design [54].…”

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Preference Evaluation System for Construction Products Using QFD‐TOPSIS Logic by Considering Trade‐Off Technical Characteristics

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Jin

Kim

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Mathematical Problems in Engineering

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This paper investigates the feasibility of quality function deployment, technique for the order of preference by similarity to ideal solution (QFD-TOPSIS) in presenting user preferences for multiple alternatives, such as construction technologies, products, systems, and design solutions, with trade-off technical characteristics (TC). The original QFD as house of quality (HOQ) defines the requirements and features as subjective matrix relations, which cause interpretations to vary across users and limit its industrial applications. QFD-TOPSIS is a new model that combines the benefits of QFD with those of TOPSIS, maintains the subjectivity and objectivity evaluation of the technical characteristics (TC), and rates the preferences by considering users' individual propensity for requirements. In addition, QFD-TOPSIS rates the preferences through the reciprocal compensation effects of trade-off TC and filters unsuitable alternatives with predefined restrictive conditions. Trade-off refers to conflicts and/or contradictions between attributes, often arising in multicriteria decision-making. Users or project stakeholder groups define the priorities of trade-off TC that directly influence product preferences and decision-making. In the present study, we have developed a Web system based on the QFD-TOPSIS logic and tested its operation to verify its industrial applicability and viability for automatic quality evaluation.

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“…All the data collected during the first stage, including the answers to the pre-set questions, proposals, requirements and ideas, are classified in the USAP design model, using a quality function deployment design system (Sivaloganathan, et al, 1995) to develop the USAP deployment matrices (See Fig. 2).…”

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Universal product design involving elderly users: a participatory design model

2004

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Recent studies have shown that people prefer to age in their familiar environments, thus guiding designers to provide a safe and functionally appropriate environment for ageing people, regardless of their physical conditions or limitations. Therefore, a participatory design model is proposed where human beings can improve their quality of life by promoting independence, as well as safety, useability and attractiveness of the residence. Brainstorming, scenario building, unstructured interviews, sketching and videotaping are used as techniques in the participatory design sessions. Quality deployment matrices are employed to find the relationships between the elderly user's requirements and design specifications. A case study was devised to apply and test the conceptual model phase of the proposed model.

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Design function deployment — a design system for the future

Cited by 13 publications

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Reducing work-related Musculoskeletal Disorders (MSDs) through design: Views of ergonomics and design practitioners

Reducing work-related Musculoskeletal Disorders (MSDs) through design: Views of ergonomics and design practitioners

Preference Evaluation System for Construction Products Using QFD‐TOPSIS Logic by Considering Trade‐Off Technical Characteristics

Universal product design involving elderly users: a participatory design model

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