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  1. Why is product or service design strategically important?

     

     

     

  2. List seven responsibilities of product and service designers.

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  3. Give a few examples for each of these major reasons for design or redesign:

    economic

     

    social and demographic

     

    political, liability, legal

     

    competitive

     

    cost or availability

     

    technological

     

     

  4. What are the main objectives of product and service design?

     

     

     

  5. Briefly define or explain these terms:

    designing for operations

     

    Uniform Commercial Code

     

    life cycle

     

    standardization

     

  6. What are some key advantages and disadvantages of standardization?

     

     

     

  7. Briefly define or explain these terms:

    mass customization

     

    delayed differentiation

     

    modular design

     

    robust design

     

  8. What is the impact of “newness” on
    1. operations?

       

    2. the market?

       

  9. Briefly add details for each of these sources of ideas for new or redesigned products or services:

    supply chain

     

    competitors

     

    research

     

  10. What is meant by the term reverse engineering?

     

     

     

  11. When is customer research a lousy idea?

     

     

     

  12. Briefly explain the importance of each of these:

    concurrent engineering

     

    design for manufacturing

     

    design for assembly

     

    manufacturability

     

  13. Briefly define these terms:

    recycling

     

    remanufacturing

     

  14. What is quality function deployment, and why is it important?

     

     

     

  15. How is the Kano model useful?

     

     

     

  16. Briefly define each of these terms:

    service delivery system

     

    product bundle

     

    service package

     

    service blueprint

     

  17. List the characteristics of a well-designed service system:

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  18. What are the key challenges of service design?

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  19. What are the key sources of achieving competitive advantages and/or customer satisfaction?

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