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Customer-Focused
Design Using QFD (free preview)
This course will help engineers and managers increase
the quality and performance of their product by creating
a customer-focused design. It teaches the Quality Function
Deployment (QFD) method. The use of QFD increases quality
by flowing down the customer requirements to the component
design, filtering and communicating the important product
development data, guiding benchmarking efforts, guiding
the allocation of design resources, and aiding in the
budgeting of final product costs among the various components.
Instructor: Dr.
Mark Martin
Estimated time to complete*: Mini course (1
- 2 hours); Mastery course (3 - 6 hours)
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How
Everyday Things Are Made (Now Available at http://manufacturing.stanford.edu)
Design4X and the Alliance for Innovative Manufacturing
(AIM) at Stanford University have partnered to create
a unique online educational experience in manufacturing.
The course, titled "How Everyday Things are Made", takes
a look at how items we use everyday are manufactured
- from milk bottles, to candy, clothes, cars, airplanes,
and numerous other items. The purpose of the class is
to cultivate an appreciation for what goes into the
design and manufacturing of products. The course is
targeted towards non-engineers and will include material
that can be incorporated into high school science classes.
Best of all, it will be offered absolutely free to all
who want to take it.
Estimated time to complete*: Hours &
hours!!
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Reducing
Defects Through Mistake-Proofing Your Design
Mistake-proofing, also known as Poka-Yoke in Japan,
is a method to reduce manufacturing and design errors.
This course teaches a detailed step-by-step method for
diagnosing and applying mistake-proofing techniques.
This enhanced method for mistake-proofing includes numerous
examples.
Instructor: Dr.
Martin Hinckley
Estimated time to complete*: Mini course (1
- 2 hours); Mastery course (4 - 8 hours)
Design
for Supply Chain (Now Available!)
We've all heard the stories, now get the "scoop"
on designing for supply chain. This course explains
the basics of supply chain, such as how to calculate
safety stock and service levels - and how these affect
supply chain costs. It gives the product design team
enough information to understand how their design decisions
affect these costs. The course uses simple examples
(toilet paper, beer) and sophisticated examples (printers)
to help the viewer understand why supply chain is important.
Instructor: Dr.
Mark Martin
Estimated time to complete*: Mastery course
(3 - 6 hours)
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Note: The estimated time to complete depends on the
previous experience of the user, as well as the depth
of knowledge desired. The course gives you the ability
to explore the subject in-depth - or if you only need
minimal information, you can spend less time on it and
still get a overall understanding of the topic.
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