|
Glossary
NPI
process
|
New Product
Introduction - the business process of translating market
opportunities into volume production, for commercial
benefit |
NPD
process
|
New Product
Development - as NPI, alternative term, though by some to
be more focused on the development activities at the
expense of effective introduction |
| Design
process |
The design
process can be viewed as a subset of the NPD process,
focusing on the cyclical activities of research,
evaluation, conceptualisation and implementation of
product solutions |
| Innovation
process |
Often used
as an alternative to NIP and NPD and seen by some as more
'holistic'. Most simply defined as the process of moving
from invention to implementation |
Design
|
Design can
be defined as a process, an outcome of the process (a
product) or indeed an ideology. We define (product)
design as the process of translating user needs into a
manufacturable reality, for commercial benefit,
integrating specialist design inputs |
Design
mix
|
The
collection of product attributes and features, including
the 'tangible' engineering based attributes which are
often quantifiable and measurable and the 'intangible'
user focused based attributes which are often qualitative
and subjective |
| Stakeholders
|
Any party
(both internal and external to the company) who has a
significant influence over the design, development,
manufacturing, distribution and use of a product |
Industrial
design (ID)
|
Core ID
input relates to the human facing attributes of a
product, including usability, ergonomics, aesthetics,
style, image, feel and form. ID can be defined more
widely to encompass approaches to user understanding,
conceptualisation and concept visualisation |
| Engineering
design (ED) |
Where ID
focuses on the 'intangible' product attributes, ED
addresses the 'tangible' technology, encompassing
performance, manufacture and assembly |
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