Product development (4cr)
Code: KC00CC43-3003
General information
- Enrollment
- 13.11.2023 - 17.01.2024
- Registration for the implementation has ended.
- Timing
- 08.01.2024 - 25.02.2024
- Implementation has ended.
- Number of ECTS credits allocated
- 4 cr
- Local portion
- 4 cr
- Mode of delivery
- Contact learning
- Unit
- SeAMK Mechanical Engineering
- Campus
- SeAMK Seinäjoki, Frami
- Teaching languages
- Finnish
- Degree programmes
- Bachelor of Engineering, Mechanical Engineering
- Teachers
- Pekka Lager
- Course
- KC00CC43
Evaluation scale
1-5
Objective
Upon completion of the course students will be competent in:
- applying the stage-gate product process model in the development of a new product.
- identifying different methods of implementation for a matrix organisation
- utilising various methods to identify customer needs.
- converting customer needs in to product specifications.
- identifying the role of industrial design in the product process.
- analysing products in production using the DFMA method.
- using present value calculations to determine the costs of a product development project.
- recognising the significance of patents, trademarks, copyrights of design and trade names to the company.
Content
- Product process and organisation models
- Identifying customer needs
- Concept design and determining product specifications
- Industrial design
- Planning efficient manufacturing
- Prototypes in product development
- Cost management of a product development project
- Patents, trademarks, copyrights of design, trade names
- Development of a service product
- Product development in supplier company
Materials
Lecture material
Additional reading:
Ulrich, Karl T., Steven D. Eppinger, ja Maria C. Yang. Product Design and Development. Seventh edition. New York: McGraw-Hill Education, 2020.
Teaching methods
lectures
exercises
presentations
information search
independent study
Student workload
Lectures ca. 42 h, exercises ca. 50 h and independent study
Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)
Level 1-2: The student knows the operation of product development and demonstrates familiarity with its significance.
Assessment criteria, good (3)
Level 3-4: The student knows the stages of the product development process, and demonstrates competence in the operation of the stages and the application of objectives.
Assessment criteria, excellent (5)
Level 5: The student is able to plan the product development process as a whole and is able to analyze its impact on the company.
Qualifications
No previous studies are required.