Dear Adrian:
You will find a textbook definitions of design intent in the following URL.
It also describes how to deal with "product intent" and "process intent" in
relation to realizing a manufacturable product based on customer
specifications.
http://www.spec2market.com/spec2order/s2o_product_intent.html
Let me know if you have any further questions,
Thanks,
Brian Prasad
Dr. Brian Prasad
Managing Director, CERA Institute
P.O. Box 3882, Tustin, CA 92782, USA
Tel: (714) 389-2662/Fax: (714) 389-2662
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Useful Web Sites:
http://www.ceconf.com/
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http://www.ceteam.com/
http://www.ceraj.com/
----- Original Message -----
From: "Adrian Espinosa Bautista" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, March 04, 2002 3:27 AM
Subject: Definitions
> Dear all, I am working in my research about design intent. In the
> process I need to find a clear definition of product and part. I know
> this sounds trivial, nevertheless I would like your hint. One of the
> reasons for this is because a part (e.g. car's headlamp) is a product as
> well as the car itself. I have found some definitions but I have nothing
> that talks about these two different stages of an entity. Would sound
> sensible to say that any product becomes a part when it is assembled
> into a system or susbsytem of a product? This way anything can be easily
> identified as part or product.
>
> Thanks in advanced
>
> Adrian
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> Loughborough University
> Department of Manufacturing Engineering
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