Design for Excellence contains papers from a conference organised by Brunel University. This book will be useful for designers, engineers, software developers, and other technologists working in a wide variety of engineering applications. Both those working in industry and in the academic environment will want to have access to this valuble resource. CONTENTS INCLUDE:



A strategic overview of UK product development
Technology management - a methodology towards achieving design excellence within the pharmaceutical industry
Designing safer systems - the application of human factors methods
From environmental assessment results to DFE product changes - an evaluation of quantitative and qualitative methods
Design determines 70 percent of cost? A review of
implications for design evaluation
Using correlation chains to link customer requirements and physical laws
How to manage '3-GEN' products and services
Strain based shallow shell finite element for
circular cylindrical shells
Validation of manufacturing facilities in the pharmaceuticals industry
The use of formal design techniques in the
development of a model device
Aesthetic intelligence - optimizing user-centred design
Tendering for engineering contracts
An investigation on specifications - component, source information areas, and contents