CHAPTER 7: Quality and Innovation in Product and Process Design (TF)

Automated drafting results in the creation of a final drawing of the designed product and its components.

TRUE

Computer-aided inspection is performed by infrared and noncontact sensors.

TRUE

Concurrent engineering leads to increased interaction with the customer.

TRUE

During the technology selection for product development stage of the product development process, preliminary work can be performed to identify key quality characteristics and potential for variability with each of the different materials.

TRUE

Enterprise resource planning systems are used to integrate financial, planning, and control systems into a single architecture.

TRUE

Examining a design to see if different components in a product occupy the same space is called interference checking.

TRUE

Industry experts are external sources for product ideas.

TRUE

Product idea generation is the first step in the project development process.

TRUE

The over-the-wall syndrome is demonstrated by looking at the design process sequentially.

TRUE

The primary goal of failure modes, effects, and criticality analysis is to develop priorities for corrective action based on estimated risk.

TRUE

Variety refers to the differences in products that are produced and marketed by a single firm at any given time.

TRUE

Criticality prioritizes how the design team should be spending its resources.

TRUE: Decide what is more important to spend resources on

Design for manufacture means to design products so that they are cost-effective and simple to build.

TRUE: as per definition

Change is the magnitude of the differences in a product when measured at two different times.

TRUE: as per definition of change

The over-the-wall syndrome refers to difficulties that arise when the design products become complicated to build.

FALSE: ..... difficulties when different types of engineers work in totally different departments.

As product life cycles become longer, product variety and change become much more important to a successful competitor.

FALSE: ??Once the product is on the market, any variety or change is already similar to the original product, the competitor doesn't care because it doesn't have a large effect on market share??

Reengineering refers to the performance of all the design process steps simultaneously.

FALSE: CONCURRENT engineering refers to performance of all the design process steps simultaneously.

Complementary products are new products using different technologies that can coexist in a family of products.

FALSE: Complementary products are new products using SIMILAR technologies that can coexist in a family of products.

Component reliability is computed from the aggregation of multiple components.

FALSE: Component reliability is defined as the propensity for a part to fail over a given time.

The principles for design for reuse include using fewer parts and fewer materials, and using snap-fits instead of screws.

FALSE: Design for DISASSEMBLY include using fewer parts and fewer materials, and using snap-fits instead of screws. Design for reuse refers to designing products so they can be used in later generations of products.

Design for manufacture methods are designed to radically increase cycle times.

FALSE: Design for manufacture means to design products so that they are cost-effective and simple to build. To reduce manufacturing costs.

Designing for reliability means standardizing parts, modularizing, and using as few parts as possible in a design.

FALSE: Designing for SIMPLICITY means standardizing parts, modularizing, and using as few parts as possible in a design. Component reliability is defined as the propensity for a part to fail over a given time. System reliability refers to the probability that a system of components will perform the intended function over a specified product life.

Failure modes and effects analysis is an analytical tool that graphically renders the combinations of faults that lead to failure of a system.

FALSE: Failure modes and effects analysis (FMEA) systematically considers each component of a system, identifying, analyzing, and documenting the possible failure modes within a system and the effects of each failure on the system. Identifies, analyzes, and documents possible failure modes and their effects on the system.

The first step in failure modes and effects analysis is to estimate the likelihood of failure.

FALSE: First step in FMEA is assign each component an identifier.

The first step in performing quality function deployment is to develop a listing of technical design elements along the roof of the house.

FALSE: First step in QFD is to develop a list of customer requirements.

Geometric modelling is used to develop a hand-drawn mathematical description of a part.

FALSE: Geometric modelling is used to develop a COMPUTER COMPATIBLE mathematical description of a part.

Marketing-generated ideas tend to be groundbreaking, risky, and technologically innovative as compared to R&D-generated ideas.

FALSE: Marketing-generated ideas tend to be built on existing designs, are more incremental, and are better aligned with customer needs.

The primary source for external product ideas is research and development.

FALSE: Primary source for external product ideas is industry experts.

Product traceability increases product liability relating to safety hazards.

FALSE: Product traceability DECREASES product liability.

Quality function deployment (QFD) describes a method for translating customer requirements into functional design.

FALSE: QFD describes a method for translating customer requirements into functional design. XXXXX pretty sure this is true XXXXXX

R&D-generated ideas tend to be more incremental than marketing-generated ideas, and are better aligned with customer needs.

FALSE: R&D-generated ideas end to be groundbreaking, risky, and technologically innovative.

Customer requirements with high competitive assessments and low importance are candidates for improvement.

FALSE: Requirements with LOW competitive assessments and HIGH importance are candidates for improvement.

Failure modes and effects analysis begins at the highest level of detail to which the system is designed and works downward.

FALSE: Starts at the lowest level of detail and works upward.

System reliability is defined as the propensity for a part to fail over a given time.

FALSE: System reliability refers to the probability that a system of components will perform the intended function over a specified product life

The multilevel prototyping component of the CAD system allows for the cataloging and standardization of parts and components for complex products.

FALSE: The GROUP TECHNOLOGY component allows for the cataloging and standardization of parts and components for complex products.

Manufacturing system design is the selection of the product technologies that will result in a low-cost, high-quality product.

TRUE: as per definition of manufacturing system design? Manufacturing needs to be low cost but produce good product that will last

Failure modes and effects analysis results in reduction in product development cost.

TRUE: less errors = less production stops = less development cost

A method of manufacturing that minimizes waste and pollution is referred to as green manufacturing.

TRUE: • Design for reuse • Design for disassembly • Design for remanufacturing