Abstract
Abstract: The main objective of this paper is to use the techniques and methods of Product Process Development in the equipment development for a technology-based small business. Conceptual design concepts were generated and through the use of a morphological matrix the options of confection of the final conceptual prototype were verified. With the definition of the previous steps, the project team cataloged the main requirements and functions of the equipment and compared and evaluated them with a reference concept already used in the external environment of the company, verifying their priorities through the Mudge Method. Subsequently, the study of the needs of improvements in the main functions was done creating a final functional prototype for use in the work environment. The application of these techniques allowed quantifying the productivity of the product manufactured by equipment, comparing the situation before and after the process with the new equipment. In addition it was verified that when the process is carried out by the equipment developed there is a productivity improvement since this allowed to reduce the amount of losses; decrease production variability over time, since there is no operator wear and more results standardization.
Highlights
Nowadays, the competitive market demands success when launching new products
With the globalization effects, the resolution of specific problems in certain market depends on the efficiency and effectiveness of Product Planning and Development (PPD) process
The present paper focused on an small sized ETB located at Porto Alegre (RS, Brazil), and which elected to develop its own products and equipment’s
Summary
The competitive market demands success when launching new products. with the globalization effects, the resolution of specific problems in certain market depends on the efficiency and effectiveness of Product Planning and Development (PPD) process. Rozenfeld et al (2006) have verified that a lot of technology-based companies seek PPD improvement in order to generate declining loss indices by the continual improvement of the final product manufacture. There are the small companies of the Electro-electronic sector of Technological Base - ETB (Reis et al, 2014), that have been seeking to dedicate more attention to the development process of equipment that aim to increase productivity and optimize the production sector, currently seen as one of the main competitive advantage sources to create new ways to perform the internal manufacture processes and improve the ones already existent (Toledo et al, 2008). In Brazil the ETBs are in need of studies focused on the equipment and products development management processes, since there’s little knowledge targeted on this segment because those companies do not rely on big production levels (Jugend, 2006; Toledo et al, 2008; Conforto et al, 2011). Investments in materials, labor, values of operations in machines and infrastructure are not counted, since the company’s intention is to solve its problem quickly and efficiently, as well as the manufacturing through design software
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