Design Case Studies Samples For Students

Elio engineering is a partnership arrangement with the founders being Paul Elio and Hari Sankara. Paul was a student of the General Motors institute. He had come up with various designs and ideas of which he thought would revolutionize the motoring industry. Some of these inventions were a bike he had designed and patented, but did not take off. He also had sketched a new seat design, which was later named the NC seat. The NC stood for “No Compromise” because the new seat design made possible simultaneous progress on cost, weight, and performance. However, all this did not appeal to him because ...

For any business organization or a company to enjoy success in its operations and hence be in a position to completely achieve its goals, it is important for it have a strong structure. The structure of a company can comprise a number of things for instance, the management part of it, production/manufacturing, marketing as well as customer care. In almost each and every aspect named above, it is possible to note that each case needs a stepped up network which gives room for efficiency in communication(Lewis, 2008). In a nut shell, when the area of communication has been stabilized in a company then achieving the other aspects ...

Introduction

Designer Inc. is a family owned, midsize corporation that is in its third year of transition from second – generation to third generation leadership. The corporation is in the business of selling custom made electronics and program items to about 300 different businesses and has its headquarters in Houston, Texas. The electronic items that Designer Inc. sells have ‘smart chips’ that allows pens and watches to have LCD screens that can be used as a mini computer. This small computer can be used for numerous applications. This case deals with creating a comprehensive marketing plan for Designer Inc’s new product called SMARTY ...

Management Case Study – Somebody has to be let go

Introduction
Having Health Systems (HS) or Health Service Organizations (HSOs) as clients can be tough and challenging. Often, a manager is left with the responsibility of redesigning the organization of the consulting firm based on the demands of the HS and HSO clients. Ever-changing rules and regulations such as the newly ratified Affordable Care Act (ACA) has required HSs and HSOs to have to adapt, and in turn, affect the flow of operations and the stability of consulting firms. Another common result of common changes in the HS and HSO industry would be the reduction in reimbursements as a result ...

System analysis is a process by which activities in an organization are evaluated to identify the objectives and how they can be achieved. It involves methodological study that analyzes data processing in a business firm and recommends on ways of achieving the set goals. It gives a guideline on how experts in various areas can combine their expertise to meet the future needs. System analysis is applied in various production activities. It is applied in business to examine whether all organizational activities are performed to the best quality standards (Kock, 2007). The process is done in majorly six steps: problem identification, feasibility ...

Affiliate University

Question 1.
Ans . A
Question 2
His triglycerides levels are above the normal rate, which should be less than 150mg/dl. Triglycerides are stored type of fats which may pose a risk of stroke, heart attack, diabetes and other terminal diseases that my endanger his health (Kohli and Cannon, 2012). His Pattern B LDL need to be reduced as large percentage of Pattern B LDL increases the risk of coronary diseases.

Question 3

They regulate the amount of cholesterol level, reduces the amount of triglycerides and lipoprotein in the body (Jafri et al., 2009).

Question 4

CRP can be treated by use ...

With the development of websites, the design and visual representation of the website is an important component that should be taken into consideration when designing. The use of web grids is to show how the website will look like and the prototype that will be followed in the design of the site. With the use of the design tools, the design of the final website will be simpler than when there is no use of these tools. It is important to know what the final website will look like and where the content will be placed in the website. ...

A visit at the Bluefly.com website shows a home page that is very informative. Just looking at the homepage, it is clear that the site is one where designer clothes, handbags, shoes, accessories are sold at a discount. There are a lot of images with big sizes which somehow slows down the download time. There are too many information presented in the home page alone. The major sections of the website have local navigation making it easy for its visitors. The site organization, links and labels are easy to understand. The sections are clearly delineated from each other. If a visitor is interested ...

Introduction:

This paper is about a particular object in the Houston Museum of Fine Arts. I have chosen the item known as ‘Glazed Fritware Bottle’ from Iznik in Turkey dating from the 16th Century and pertaining to the Ottoman Empire. The paper will attempt to analyse the object in detail with regards to its form, line, shape, color, texture, mass and composition and will also provide a detailed artistic appraisal of the object. The Glazed Fritware Bottle carries catalogue number: Lns 327C and is part of the famed Al Sabah Collection of Kuwait, which is on permanent exhibition at the museum. There ...

Tulip Cycling is a small bicycle and rental touring company that has embraced the use of the internet for marketing its services. The internet is an effective way of reaching visitors from abroad, particularly those from the United States. However, the effectiveness of the internet as a medium of marketing greatly depends on the efficiency of the company’s web site.

Analysis and Evaluation

The company’s web site was developed in the year 2000. Adrian Blok, the owner of the company, employed the help of local professionals to create the web site. He used his knowledge, experience and enthusiasm of the cycling field ...

Information architecture is a core step when designing and developing a website. It enables the developer to figure out what is to be done and construct a blueprint of the actual website. Information architecture entails the definition of the goals of the site and shedding light on every important aspect. It also entails audience identification and classification. (Squishy 2010).
The present information architecture structure and visual design of the website has not been given consideration. This implies that the website has not focused on the requirement of different groups of audience. During the design and development process, the web content needs ...

Executive summary

This paper discusses about on time delivery of projects in IT organization. The issue of delay in IT projects is discussed in the start of this paper in which the issue is elaborated comprehensively. The same section includes the root-cause analysis of the issue in which several root causes have been identified and briefly discussed. The last section of the paper includes recommendations. In this section several recommendations have been elaborated to address the root causes mentioned in the previous section. Few other recommendations that may address the problem are also given in order to ensure on time delivery ...

Beginning the Process of Job Redesign

I would begin by initiating an inquiry with all departmental heads. I would plan a retreat with all departmental heads to come up with a strategic plan on how to redesign the job. This is essentially a consultative approach that I believe will enable me to come up with a strategic approach that will be successful. Having noted that this model has often failed, the initial steps of this process would also include studying why this model has failed in order to avoid mistakes already made that have prevented the success of this approach. Failure to do this will result to another failed ...

According to the Council on Tall Building and Urban Habitat, The Burj Khalifa is the world’s tallest building based on height to top, height to highest occupied floor, and height to architectural top. The building is a multi-use Burj Dubai development tower with an approximate total area of 460,000 meters squared. It includes parking facilities, shopping malls, entertainment centers, offices, hotel, and residential (AL-KODMANY 2013, p. 12). The decision to construct this building was initiated by government’s idea to diversify from an oil-based economy to one that is tourism and service oriented. It is 828 meters tall ...

- Identification of the entities.
- Restaurants – general info about the restaurant
- Restaurants hours – working hours of the restaurant, in case restaurant will differentiate working hours some day.
- Worker
- Customer
- Menu item – what the restaurant serves;
- Menu item variation – to store data about different pizzas.
- Category – what category menu item belongs to
- Size – size of the menu item
- Type – type of menu item
- Topping – pizzas toppings
- Order – order of the customer.
- Definition of tables.
- ...

Interface design and security

Interface design and security

Abstract:

The new system incorporates a touch screen register. The new system is designed to increase security for the registers. Traditional registers operated using a key. Anybody with the key could access the contents of the register. However, there was no way of telling which person was responsible for any action in the register. The design of the new system is supposed to ensure every transaction is logged and is traceable. Cashiers are assigned a user id and a password that they need to access the system. The cashier is allowed a maximum of four incorrect tries when a manager unlock logging ...

Introduction

The strategic design perspective refers to a system that an organization deliberately constructs in order to achieve its goals. According to this approach, it is important to understand the core principles of the design of the organization. This can be achieved through aligning the design of the organization with the strategies employed. The organization should also ensure that the design and strategy fit the organizational environment where the organization operates. By following these, organizational managers have the potential of driving organizations to unprecedented levels of success (Evans, 2000). The design puts more emphasis on the organization’s effectiveness and efficiency. ...

(Study Program)

The payroll architecture should consist of the following components:
- Secure data center
- Secure server with limited access
- Payroll software
- Tax allocation software tables
- Web-based system to support data entry by departments across the country
- Human resource department to process the payroll.
Payroll systems deal with data that is sensitive in nature such as personal employee data. Therefore, there must be restricted access to enhance the security and integrity of the data. A secure subnet within the organization facilitates limited access to secure and confidential ...

System Construction

Introduction
The best of engineering marvels are built on the basis of sound theory, fail-safe design and astute engineering skills that transmute the design to physical reality. In the entire sequence from drawing board to reality, if there is an error in any step, the greatest of engineering feats can come undone.

Catastrophic Failure of Space Shuttle Challenger

The Space Shuttle Challenger 51-L was the twenty fifth mission in NASA’s space program. Given its past history of successful launches, NASA was confident of a repeat performance. However, on 28 Jan 1986, the Challenger exploded shortly after takeoff, killing all seven crew members (Forrest).
...

The process of System Engineering encompasses different elements and aspects. One of the significant aspects of system engineering processes is the design optimization. There are various designs that contribute to the functioning and continual progress of the system engineering processes. Design and design evaluation are elemental under the design optimization of the system engineering process. Faulty design systems can lead to failure of engineering systems and processes. The faulty designs will affect the entire flow of the engineering system.
The engineering systems could fail because of faulty designs in various ways. Faulty designs are those that lack one ...

General Motors acquired the Packard Company to provide a differentiation to its products. Packard Electric became one of the major divisions of the General Motors (GM). It is responsible for all the cabling and electrical wiring for all GM automobiles. In the 1990, under the leadership of Chief Engineer, David Schramm, the division came up with a new method for moving the wires and cables through the firewall between the passenger compartments and the engine. RIM (Reaction Injection Molded) grommet, the new technology, received a lot of support from the product development group since it was easier and simpler to design and ...

Intellectual Property Case Study

Part 1: Introduction

The purpose of this report is to highlight the procedural requirements that an investor must accomplish before an invention or any product design is released into the market. In the course of an invention, it is a legal obligation that the rightful owner must define the product and distinct it from other related products available. Therefore, the proprietor defines the property rights, the trademark, product design and the product accordingly acquires due recognition within the trade domains.

Registered Design:

According to the United Kingdom’s Design Act, a design describes the overall description of a new product. The description pronounces the ...

Software Engineering Life Cycle Models

In software engineering, a life cycle model is a framework that describes the activities that will be carried out during each phase of software development project. The discussion will focus on five software development models namely: the waterfall model, the spiral model, the v-shaped model, the iteration model, and the structured evolutionary prototyping model.

The Waterfall Model

This model is linearly sequential, resembling a series of cascades. It involves the following phases; establishing requirements, designing, implementation, testing, installation and maintenance. Each stage of this model produces a deliverable that is required by the next phase and the deliverable has to be completed before beginning the next ...

1.0 Project Description
1.1 Property
The Taylor Project lease owned by Fed Resources Pty Ltd is located approximately three hundred kilometers, by road, from a suitable port facility, Port Steve (see Figure 1). Fifteen kilometers to the west is a disused railway that connects the nearby pastoral village Glendale to Port Steven. Infrastructure in the area is minimal, although Glendale is connected to grid power by a small run-down substation. Local government has offered large subsidies for services to encourage development in the area and has indicated that refurbishing and upgrading the small power plant in Glendale would be of ...

The remote jack unit failure creates a major problem since 2009. The problem due to the following reasons 1. Pin break 2. Audio loss and Mono audio 3. Ring missing issue. These problems being a major problem in the top management and there also refer the poor performance with low reliability RJU. The further improvement in the RJU still shows no improvement in the issue. The issue discussed with the technical engineers to conclude that the design is still a major problem. The RJU places the major factor in passengers report about the RJU design, location, and shape. The high removal and ...

Q. 1
In order to shed Boeing aircraft-parts business, the company should sell Wichita operations. This is because the current operations have been expensive in-house operations, which is coupled with high labor costs. There are many reasons why the company should sell Wichita. This means that the company has the right to sell the business based on the present high labor costs. Firstly, the sale will lower the costs of operations within the company. Secondly, the sale will result to savings (about $ 65 million yearly) within the company, which originate from around 15% reduction in the initial workforce ...

The recommendation for Giberson's Glass Studio is based on the findings of the cost accounting exercise. The first recommendation is that this glass studio should improve its prices. Three products of this glass studio are generating some losses. They include paperweights, pattern glass and wrapped tumblers. The first strategy in this recommendation is increasing the paperweights’ price from $ nine to $ 22. This will result in $ 0.39, in profit as opposed to the current $ 6.61 loss. Secondly, the pattern glass should have its price increased from $ nine to $ 19 whereby a profit of $ 0.59 will be generated per unit. In addition, ...

Ms. Minnie MacElroy

Minnie's Miniscule Miniatures
27694 Bay Point Lane,

Bonita Springs, FL 34134

Dear Madam,
We consider you as one of our valued customers, and we appreciate serving you the best way we can to propel the growth of your business. May we draw your attention to the services that we’ve rendered to you as a show of our desire to maintain a mutual good business relationship with you. When you requested to change the design of the site that you have already approved, we did it promptly even if it meant that we had to work more hours than what our quote covered. ...

Problem Statement

Glob-i-FMC is a UK based Financial Management Consultancy Company having its branches in operation over many countries in Europe, Asia and Australia. Recently the company has been successful to obtain the management consultancy of two major national banks in Japan. In line with this, next month the company is going to establish a Tokyo based office consisting of admin, accounts, finance, research department each consisting of 15, 18, 42 and 35 employees respectively. The proposed site consisting of four floors in a multi-storeyed building has already been acquired in the heart of the city: Produce a plan & design document to set-up a network equipping ...

The Cameron Balloons' business process is accessible from the biz/ed website which takes you through all the procedures in the factory. The processes entail workflows which offer interactive resources at each stage of the production course. The site map on the website gives one the ultimate experience involved in the virtual factory giving an overview of the reception, the production, design, the marketing, accounting and purchasing departments. The photographic tour of the virtual factory gives a general idea of the production and customized engineering in the factory.
All the functional areas of the company processes that are involved in ...

Not only do physical technology has been keeping up with the technological trends for the past decade or so. Websites as well have evolved to improve their online services, provide additional aesthetic value to their sites or to keep up with the current technological trends or standards. Several big companies have shown this evolution over the years and babycenter.com, a website that provides tools and tips on pregnancy, motherhood and parenting is one of these sites which have experience complete revamps on the services they provide and how they present it on their website. (babycenter.com)
The website has gained ...

How can Sony be influenced by innovation to design the future of their brand?

Innovative Design Element
In the recent past, Sony has lost ground to its competitors at the market scene. In order to regain its position as leader in its industry, the brand has tap into its innovative design element. This is will not only reposition the brand in the market but also secure a successful future for the brand. In the competitive markets of today, there is increased recognition that differentiation that is solely dependent on technological factors is not enough to ensure a dominant position in the market. In order to improve performance and avoid the devastating effects of commoditization, ...

Question 9.1

Classical architecture refers to the period from the European history, covering through the rise of Greek Empire through to the foremost power cultural period until the collapse of the Roman Empire. This classical architecture is particularly referred to as Roman and Greek architecture mainly describing this ancient era of design architecture. Whereas software architecture in essence is distant from the concept of building and construction it is the process of computer systems engineering.

Similarities

The implementation and planning of software architecture and classical architecture are both characterized by the distinctiveness of the objectives and the available resources thereby referred to ...

Supply chain Management

A supply chain is an incorporated process involving a number of business entities including manufacturers, suppliers, retailers and distributors come together in an attempt to obtain raw materials, turn the raw materials into the desired products and distribute the products to retailers. A supply chain is usually characterized by a forward movement of materials and a backward movement of information. For years, the processes involved in a supply chain have been researched, but the focus is now shifting to the performance, analysis and design of the entire supply chain.
At the highest level of a supply chain, there are two basic processes: The ...

Stage 5

In the first four stages of this case study, it was established that UMUC Fitness needed to come up with an effective strategy that would take advantage of modern technology and in the process boost the company’s productivity. The proposed solution entailed the shifting of the company to a digital platform through the creation of resourceful website. The major business process targeted by this initiative was the customer support avenue. It was established that the website would create an excellent platform for communicating with the existing as well as potential customers. The incorporation of a Customer Relationship Management (CRM) platform ...

Question 1

a). Using the ACF graph, a trend is identified, which shows seasonality. The first trough shows the high season whereas the second trough represents the slack. After the ninth period, the graph shifts to the negative side, which may signify a low season. The PACF graph shows that a majority of periods of high are followed by a low period. This, however, is different for some periods where a period of high is followed by two consequent lows. This is a non-linear trend for the Mobile Home Shipment.
b). From the autocorrelation analysis, there is an evident time series. A time series is when there is a ...

Final project

Introduction
This project documentation provides a comprehensive description of the different element of the project. The report captures the planning, design and implementation of an enhance wide area network for a small dental practice after their restructuring. Initially the dental practice incorporated only three dentists, two dental assistants and one receptionist. It is pertinent to note that they all operated from the same physical location. However, after the merger of the company with different dental practices new aspects have been introduced. The new practice incorporates 15 dentists, 12 dental assistants and 5 receptionists. The organization has five different physical locations. ...

Introduction

Operations management is the activity of management of the resources used in the production and delivery of goods and services. All business organizations have a dedicated function for this activity called the operations functions. The identity/title of the personnel responsible for this function changes with the type of industry they are involved in, for instance a distribution firm has a fleet manager, an administrative manager in a hospital or a store manager in a supermarket.

Question 1

The operations function is one of the three core functions in an organization and works complimentarily with the other two functions of product /service development and the marketing function. CDS ...

As part of QUT’s plan of establishing a $230-million Science and Engineering Centre at the center of the CBD Gardens Point Campus, a Process Innovation Centre will also be established. This will be in alignment with the faculty’s vision, which is to influence the future environments of BUI through the innovation provided to businesses and communities and through advancements in the fields of science and engineering.

Roles and Responsibilities

Roles and responsibilities are especially important in the governance of an organization or an organizational initiative as they provide guidance on who the members of the organization or the team should report to; ...

Management

Question 1

In order to understand the significance of a customer, one should come up with a list of likes and dislikes that are perceived by a particular customer. The company has to undertake some measures that allow the customers to receive their ordered products of services in an impressive manner. In other words the company delivering pizza must try to mitigate the customers’ dislikes and emphasize on offering those services that impresses the customers (Chase, R. B., & Jacobs, F. R. 2010). The discussed below are some of the attributes that I have considered as significant for customer delivery services.
The ...

Executive Summary

The Ducati Company, which produces motorcycles, is in an attempt to acquiring a double digit increase in its revenue under the management of Federico Minoli. The vision by the manager is to achieve the success by the Harley-Davidson Inc. In this attempt; the management opts to endeavor in investing in the Harley’s niche. Through analysis of the project, the internal and external attributes and factors to the company indicate that the project will deliver results. There is however the need for the company to uphold its culture, quality and its identity. Any loss of this would mean that they ...

The use of computer design tools such as computer-aided design has been extensively utilized in the design of electronic devices because of its ability to create, modify, analyze and optimize the design and manufacturing process. Electronic design automation tools, for instance, utilizes vector based graphics and taster graphics to display the overall look of designed objects such as microprocessor chips. These tools are found on all major platforms such as Windows, UNIX, Linux, and Mac OS and are used to design and estimate the dimension of devices. In addition, they perform graphic and computational intensive tasks that could not ...

A CPU is hardware within a computer that performs the logic, arithmetic and input/output instructions of a computer program. A typical computer can be operated by more than one CPU thus the term multiprocessing. CPUs are assembled on an integrated circuit, and one IC can contain more than one CPU. CPU is made up of two main components namely; arithmetic logic unit ALU and control unit (CU). Arithmetic Logic Unit performs logic and arithmetic operations while CU removes instructions from the memory, decode, and execute them. It also calls on the ALU whenever necessary. CPUs were traditionally built using ICs but ...

A semiconductor laser is a device that converts electrical energy into light. It consists of a semiconductor material, whose conductivity is between that of conductors and insulators. These kinds of a laser usually consist of two basic components, an optical amplifier and a resonator (“Semiconductor Laser”, n.d.). The amplifier, referred to as the gain medium, is made of a direct-bandgap semiconductor material, such as gallium arsenide or indium phosphide. The amplifier can interact with light by absorbing and emitting photons (“Laser”, n.d.). The amplitude of stimulated light emission is greater than that of light absorption, and the light is therefore amplified (“Laser”, n.d.). The ...

The ACS (Access control system) system monitors the persons entering the dormitory all the time

PROJECT SCOPE STATEMENT
- PROJECT OVERVIEW.
This project is undertaken to promote security of this college using, the Access control system can unlock the doors automatically through an electronic system where the image of the person entering the dormitory is processed in order to identify the people. The image of the person unlocking the door is rotated so and scanned for identification if it corresponds with the recorded images for the cards used in unlocking the dormitory doors.
2. PROJECT PURPOSE
3. PROJECT SCOPE.

This is a fixed contract.

The contactors estimate is $100,000.00, upon completion the system will ...

Introduction

Most of the renewable energy experts in the world pay more attention to wind energy. Wind energy which is referred to as kinetic energy is converted to electricity power which can be used to power homes and businesses. ( Morthorst, G & Poul, E. 2002). One of the equipments which can be used to convert kinetic energy from wind to electricity is wind turbine. It can be made in various designs which include horizontal and vertical axis wind turbines. The most common design is the horizontal wind turbine.
A wind turbine can be referred to by several names depending on ...

Tesla Motors Incorporation is a company located in Silicon Valley. The company develops, produces, and sells electric vehicle powertrain elements and electric cars. In addition, the public company uses the symbol TSLA while trading on the NASDAQ stock exchange. Tesla Motors attained extensive attention by manufacturing the Tesla Roadster. This was the foremost complete electric sports car. The company has situated itself among the leading actors in America’s motor vehicle sector (Garcia-Valle and Lopes 33). This paper is a case study of Tesla Motors Incorporation and will look at the company’s objectives, customer scenario, Identifications of the nucleus of ...

The sample of the study was 31 bank initial robberies and also based on 33 cases that are connected to bank robbery. All the cases of the robbery in the study were done at the area of Forth Worth City. The research makes use of the observation that we did and the data that we were able to collect. In this case, therefore, the study makes of use non-probability purposive sampling technique because it is not random and also because there are no specified objectives that are to be achieved. This is regarded as a simpler method as there will ...

According to Brian Atkin and Adrian Brooks (2009), facilities manager performs such functions as “enabling the organization to deliver effective and responsive services”, “allowing for future change in the use of space” and “enhancing organization’s culture and image” (3-4). In other words, facilities manager should pay attention to ensuring hospitality of the organization he/she works for, especially in case it aims at providing customers with comfortable relaxation as restaurant usually do. To reduce complaints about lighting, management should analyze all the complaints, identify existing issues and try to find effective and cost saving solutions to cope with the ...

Definition

Process design is a critical component of supply chain management. According to Chandra and Grabis (30), process design becomes critical in supply chain because, in a business, there can be a very large number of processes. Thus, process design helps in managing the different processes in an organization.
Process design as a concept in supply chain management involves a service-process matrix design and a product-process matrix design. Sinha (59) notes that developing a composite process design presents an organization with a major problem. This is because such a process requires the correct integration of the different processes based on the similarities of features and characteristics. Sufficient integration ...

- Problem Statement
Sikhs are known as are known as one of the strongest communities in India and are referred as ‘Sardars’, which means chief. The religion has a history of 500 years however the community has shown great development in these years and specially there has been a drastic migration of people from this community to Canada, USA and other parts of the world. It is important to understand that Sikh religion was found in order to fight the Muslim rule in India and the conversion of Hindus to Muslims and therefore the religious beliefs associated with this religion ...

1. The case study approach is used for the purpose of studying a single unit, such as an organization, or of a set of units, which are distinct from each other. The case study method is used if the objective of the study is to answer questions like how or why or if there’s a need to provide an in-depth description, explanation, or exploration of a phenomenon where data can either be qualitatively or quantitatively collected and analyzed. In addition, the case study approach is appropriate if the researcher has little or no control over the events of the study. Furthermore, it ...

Designing a good user interface

Video Superstore needs a user interface that is professional and standard. The need to design a new user interface requires that users should have a good experience in using the user interface. There are various issues that need to be met when designing the user interface. Users should find the user interface easier to learn. It should be easy to learn the various processes of getting work done on the new system. The new user interface should not be complicated. This will drive users away from using the system. The process of entering data online should be easy to handle and undertake. ...

Introduction

In today's world business connectivity is crucial. In an organization, where computers and, hence, users connect through networking, there is better productivity and is able to make decisions much more quickly and reliable. These benefits are achieved through connectivity and sharing of information and resource. Users are able to communicate and use instant mails by connecting to the network. They can also share files. Also, through networking, it is possible to share hardware resources such as Hard Drives and Printer which makes use of resource much more efficient. In many organizations, computers connected through network also share a single connection, ...

Fluid mechanics is one of the major disciplines of physics applied in the design of airplane wings. Out of the many things considered is the relationship between angle of attack, airspeed, and lift. The angle of attack is measured in degrees between the chord and the direction of flight. Lift is an artificial force generated by the wings and can be manipulated by a pilot. Lift has varying characteristics during different times of the flight for instance during a level cruise it equals weight, its greater than weight during a climb and during descent its less than weight.

The parameters under consideration ...

Major facts

The case study focuses on Eastern Gear Inc., a firm that manufactures gears according to customers’ specifications. The firm has been in existence since 2007 to date. The firm has, managed to grow in terms of annual sales. However, it experienced a loss in the first two years of operation. The firm’s management comprises of the president, a sales manager, an engineer, a production supervisor, an expediter, and a controller.
The president arranges for the financing of the company while also handling contracts with large customers. The company engineer designs the company’s products. He also maintains the production equipment while procuring ...

Chapter 15:

Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of analytical evaluation.

One advantage of the analytical method is that it can be quickly completed and does not require the participation of users (Rogers et al, 2007). This is especially useful when users cannot be easily accessed or when their involvement will take too much time and be too expensive. On the other hand, its disadvantage is that the results can be considered guesses – such as the time hypothetical users need to complete a given task or the possible usability issues they might encounter during their interaction with the product. This then requires that ...

Usability Testing, Field Studies and Analytical Evaluation

Evaluation is a very important component of the design process. From the user’s point of view, evaluation is needed to see if the product meets their needs. Although, usability of the design is one of the concerns of a user, other factors are also considered by them. They must also be engage in the product and the degree of sophistication the product gives them. In a businessman’s or manufacturer’s point of view evaluation is needed to get feedback from the user to be able to further improve their product. (Sharp, Rogers & Preece, 2007)

Almost all products, either interactive or ...

Designing, prototyping and construction

Designing activities in projects starts immediately once some information has been acquired by the design team. It is an iterative process which involves constructing, evaluation and reconstructing the design ideas of the designers to match the requirements of the users. This process of creating interactive versions of ideas either through the use of cardboards, paper illustrations or software programs to model them until such time the whole project is constructed is called prototyping and construction. Designing can mean starting from scratch or modification of an existing design to improve its functionality. (Sharp, Rogers & Preece, 2007)

Prototyping is the process ...

Computer Chair “Ergonomic Computer Chair”

Question 1
Product Market Need
Research has proved that most computer chairs manufactures have not considered various Human Ergonomic principles to produce, safe, health conscious chairs (Fredericks & Butt, 2005, p 38). Currently these manufactures mainly design computer chairs for support and comfort, but, this product “Ergonomic Computer Chair” will be keenly designed taking into consideration ways of reducing to pressure that is mainly imposed by normal computer chairs, on the human musculoskeletal system, that is mainly created by sitting for long period of time. This product design will also consider various aesthetic issues to produce the most ...