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Consider the following 10 “design rules” for electromechanical products. Do
these seem like reasonable guidelines? Under what circumstances could one rule
conflict with another one? How should such a trade-off be settled?
a. Minimize parts count.
b. Use modular assembly.
c. Stack assemblies.
d. Eliminate adjustments.
e. Eliminate cables.
f. Use self-fastening parts.
g. Use self-locating parts.
h. Eliminate reorientation.
i. Facilitate parts handling.
j. Specify standard parts.
2. Can you propose a set of metrics that would be
useful for the team to predict changes in the actual costs of supporting
production? To be effective, these metrics must be sensitive to changes in the design
that affect indirect costs experienced by the firm. What are some of the
barriers to the introduction of such techniques in practice?
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The guidelines stipulated are reasonable. The guideline
is reasonable as it is an avenue for reducing errors, reducing cost, and
helping to realize efficiency. Even though this guideline is reasonable, it is
affected by some circumstances in a case of conflict. Some examples of such
circumstances include:
Reorientation
and Material handling
We have cases that need a product moved (material
handling) simultaneously. It is hard to have such a problem eliminated. Any
attempt to have this problem eliminated will result in additional costs being
needed to be invested in the same project (Pavlenko et al., 2019)
The additional costs will be in the form of machine purchases aimed at lowering
material handling; an example of this would be a conveyor belt. In case of the
problem fails to raise additional costs, then it may result in delays in time
for a case product not being re-oriented. The solution to the issue brought
about by material handling, and reorientation is to have a prior plan of how a
product will be in the assembly line to try and avoid reorientation and realize
a reduced distance for material handling.
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of modular assembly and minimizing parts count
In most cases, the above-mentioned two work closely
together; however, in over cases, modular assembly gives more parts than
needed, and this results in counteracts the minimizing parts count. This issue
can be solved by optimizing and planning the exact parts that are only needed
in the production at its standards of quality.
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There reset of metrics that can be useful when effectively used in the prediction for changes in the cost of supporting production: the first and essential element that cannot be down looked at is the manufacture of cycle...
