Stages in Product Lifecycle: Trans-disciplinary Design Context

Abstract

This paper presents a stage based framework for analyzing transdisciplinary design processes in engineering product design and manufacturing. The framework provides a stage-wise, product lifecycle centric frame of reference for comparing design processes in industries from different industrial sectors involving multi-disciplinary stakeholders. The framework is based on extensive literature analysis in the domain of design theory and methodology, as well as from models in product life cycle management. The paper also reports insights on application of the framework for design processes analysis of 23 industries based on the mapping of their individual design processes to the developed framework.

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“…This study also pointed to the diversity of terminologies used across different disciplines, which was further supported by the result from a study on analysis of transdisciplinary design processes in the industry by Gericke et al [20]. In their study on the stages in product lifecycle, Qureshi et al [4] studied 23 existing engineering companies with different contexts and proposed a stage-based framework for analyzing the transdisciplinary design process which supported the findings of Gericke and Blessing [19] that design stages are similar across engineering domains.…”

“…Eisenbart performed a transdisciplinary analysis of 31 design methodologies from 5 disciplines with a focus on design states, which are defined as "the incorporation of all the information about the design as it evolves" [3], [4]. They proposed a list of design states: problem statement, context analysis, need, product idea, product proposal, design object specification, requirements specification, product functionality, working structure, conceptualization, preliminary layout, and production documents.…”

“…Contemporary product development has transformed from being mono-disciplinary to highly transdisciplinary. A collaboration of specialists from different engineering disciplines is required to develop efficient solutions to interdisciplinary problems of integrated product design [3], [4]. Consider an example of an automobile, which is an integrated transdisciplinary product designed by engineers from mechanical, electrical, chemical and other engineering disciplines and industrial designers.…”

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“…Here, the relationship between micro and macro--scale processes are often only linked via logical argument. For example, Qureshi et al (2014) highlights a number of key features of the product lifecycle and how it evolves over time in different models. However, it is difficult to directly relate these high level process conceptions to lower level studies of detailed design activity where there are a number of competing perspectives (Cross, Christiaans, & Dorst, 1996;McDonnell & Lloyd, 2009).…”

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“…However, in any development cycle, process needs to be implemented. Qureshia et al, (2014) gives the information that process models help the designers in carrying out the design and development of the product [11]. Howard et al (2008) recommends that the quality of the product should be maintained at every stage of design process itself so that rectifications can be made at the design stage [12].…”