Abstract
In the product planning procedure of a machine tool, mature designers consider various kinds of customers’ requirements, while simultaneously conducting the necessary information processing, so as to finally determine the most suitable product specifications. In order to systematize this procedure, it is necessary and indispensable to clarify the decision-making process as well as knowledge of a mature designer in detail, and to analyse design information used in the product planning. In this study, to establish a product development methodology for machine tools, characteristics of design information related to the product specification have been analysed using a simple mathematical method. Actual design information used in this analysis is obtained from focused interviews and questionnaire investigations with mature designers within the leading machine tool manufacturers in Japan. Furthermore, the validity and effectiveness of the proposed method have been verified using the results of these investigations.
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