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Product Design and Development, 5th Edition 5th Edition

by Karl T. Ulrich (Author), Steven D. Eppinger (Author)
3.9 out of 5 stars 55 customer reviews
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Product Details

  • Hardcover: 432 pages
  • Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education; 5 edition (May 5, 2011)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0073404772
  • ISBN-13: 978-0073404776
  • Product Dimensions: 7.5 x 0.9 x 9.4 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.5 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (55 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #89,784 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 starsThe Best Textbook for Product Design!
By A Customer on March 16, 2000
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This book demystifies design and the product development with practical examples of how others have been successful in every phase and activity of the process. Clear, easy to read, well illustrated. Strongest on the engineering and manufacturing perspective, but Ulrich is also sensitive to aesthetics, marketing and consumer experience issues (a rare find!).
After 20 years consulting in the field, I still found lots to learn here. I'd call it a major contribution to the field.
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5.0 out of 5 starsAn essential manual for anyone in product development
By charley@mit.edu on October 21, 1998
Format: Hardcover
Ulrich and Eppinger have done a great job of presenting a usable framework with a functional set of tools for product development. Their book is easy to read, easy to apply, yet very powerful for aiding the product development process. I refer to it often in my own work. The many examples from a variety of industries provide a richness not present in many other works in this field. Read it before your next project meeting.
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4.0 out of 5 starsGreat product development handbook!
By Jorge on January 3, 2004
Format: Hardcover
This book provides a great hands-on approach to product development. Unlike other product development books that dwell too much on the philosophical aspects of product development, this book gives you practical advice on how to define meaningful product specifications to meet your customer needs and develop successful products. The book provides a very nice concept development process that I've found very useful.
This book is mainly focused on product development processes and does not provide much information on technology development. In addition, the book lacks depth in the strategic aspects of product development(such as market segmentation, strategic management of technology).
If you are looking for a very useful and powerful handbook for product development, this is the book you are looking for. However, if you are interested in the strategic aspects of product development, you may need other references.
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4.0 out of 5 starsGood reference text
By J Sefton on March 16, 2005
Format: Hardcover
This is a good reference manual for understanding the various techniques that are available for the fuzzy front end of product design. It would be a good text for project managers in product development.

PROs

1) It is well written and easy to assimilate.

2) Seems complete for the traditional manufactured consumer product.

CONs

1) Not strong on a current pre-emptive DFSS techniques for robustness and quality (such as QFD and axiomatic design).

2) Does not address system complexity issues and tools (software vs hardware, interface issues, complexity, functional flows).
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5.0 out of 5 starsPractical, no-nonsense guide to really doing it.
By A Customer on February 3, 2002
Format: Hardcover
Product Design and Development is a very practical, tools-based book. It is written in a way that each chapter can be used on its own (e.g., identifying customer needs, generating product concepts). We require all of our new engineers and designers to read the book and ask them to adhere to the methods associated with several of our "stage/gate processes." This is not a high-level strategy book; it tells you how to do product design and development in the trenches. Excellent book and worth every penny.
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5.0 out of 5 starsgreat for teaching at any level, great methods
By Mana on September 25, 2002
Format: Hardcover
I have used this book extensively to teach undergraduate industrial design students, and graduate marketing, and engineering students who take small product development courses. It's focused, down to earth, practical, and students find they can grasp design issues better than in a more theoretical-philosophical way. I use it myself to guide my design consulting work, has helped me understand other product development (not design) issues that are relevant to me, and I have read it over and over.. great handbook. Production/design of the book is also very nice. It's a pitty McGraw Hill doesn't want to translate it to spanish (so the author told me once).
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5.0 out of 5 starsApplicable
By Aleysius H Gondosari on May 23, 2001
Format: Hardcover
This is a Product Development book that can explain technical side and process side accurately. This is a good reference for product development plan and activities.
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5.0 out of 5 starsThe industry standard
By Ivan J. Wachter on October 2, 2009
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This book is required reading for my class "New Product Development" at California College of the Arts and I must say that it covers all of the basic steps. The examples that it gives for specific stages of the process of creating a new product are very basic, but it allows you to use them as a template to embellish your own. I would definitely recommend this for the student and working professional. A big thumbs-up from me.
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