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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Adrian Espinosa-Bautista
Loughborough University
Department of Manufacturing Engineering
Loughborough, Leicestershire
LE11 3TU
Tel: (01509) 22 7684
Fax (01509) 227648
http://www.lboro.ac.uk/eng
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