Elements and Performance Criteria
- Establish design requirements
- Information on customer needs, competitor products, organisation objectives, fashion trends, safety needs, relevant legislative and organisation requirements is gathered
- Information gathered is analysed to develop key requirements needed in new designs
- Requirement of new design is documented in accordance with organisation procedures
- Identify constraints
- Create design concept
- An initial design concept based on identified design requirements and constraints is created
- Function, physical requirements and impact of the design concept are reviewed in consultation with appropriate personnel
- Modifications to the initial design concept are made in accordance with feedback provided by engineering and marketing and other appropriate personnel
- Produce concept sketches
- Quantify design concept
- Critical dimensions and data of a design concept are identified and quantified
- Drawings are prepared to required accuracy to enable suitable manufacturing methods to be identified and evaluated
- Estimates of required materials, components and related costs are calculated in conjunction with engineering, marketing and other appropriate personnel
- Determine suitable production methods, materials and processes
- Components and sub-assemblies are drawn in accordance with the design requirements
- Suitable manufacturing methods are identified for the production of components and sub assemblies
- Identified manufacturing methods for components and sub-assemblies are evaluated in conjunction with production engineering staff
- Suitable assembly and finishing methods for the proposed product design are identified and evaluated
- Evaluate feasibility
- Modify design
- The product design is suitably modified, based on the outcomes of the feasibility evaluations and trials
- Further tests are conducted to confirm the suitability of the modified design against the identified design requirements
- The outcomes of the modification and testing of the new design concept are documented in accordance with organisation requirements
- Complete documentation