Design Reviews for Effective Product Development

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Detailed Overview/Outline

Design reviews are now recognized as an effective application of knowledge management. They have been accepted in practice as valuable processes for accelerating the maturity of new products. This one-day seminar will describe how formal design reviews can improve products by uncovering potential problems before they are discovered at a later stage of development when the costs of correction are much higher. The seminar will cover the organization and conduct of design reviews and will present the requirements for successful reviews. The material will be applicable to all hardware programs ranging from components to complete vehicles and is applicable to both OEMs and suppliers.

OBJECTIVES
After participating in this seminar, the attendee should be able to:

• Appreciate the value of design reviews
• Understand the relationship of the process to concurrent engineering and knowledge management
• Establish the requirements for a successful design review process
• Summarize the types and timing of reviews
• Provide suggestions for organizing a typical design review
• Conduct a review
• Explain how to extract the most from the process
• Demonstrate the importance of inter-personal interactions
• Get positive results from design reviews

WHO SHOULD ATTEND
The seminar is designed for individuals who are involved in the development of new products and who seek to improve that process. It is aimed primarily at engineers and managers who would be conducting such reviews but it will also benefit marketing, service and manufacturing personnel who should be participating in design reviews.

PREREQUISITES
An engineering education and experience with product development is desirable but not necessary.

SEMINAR OUTLINE
The course will present broad coverage of effective techniques for organizing and conducting design reviews in a fashion applicable to a range of industries and to various supply chain levels. It will provide specific guidance and tools to assist the participants in structuring design reviews that can be tailored to their own company, products, specification, or contract requirements.

• Why Design Reviews are Widely Used Today
• Market drivers
• Quality drivers
• Schedule and cost drivers in the development process
• What Design Reviews Are and Are Not
• Current Specification Requirements: QS9000, AS9000, etc.
• Outline of the Design Review Process
• Relation of design reviews to concurrent engineering, integrated product development teams, and knowledge management
• Types and Timing of Reviews
• Concept reviews
• Preliminary reviews
• Critical reviews
• Test readiness reviews
• Production readiness reviews
• Other types of reviews
• Scope of Design Reviews
• Formal and Informal Reviews
• The Key Ingredients for a Successful Review
• How to Organize an Effective Design Review
• Participants
• Invitations
• Preparation for a review
• Duration of a review
• Physical arrangements
• How to Conduct a Design Review
• Importance of a positive tone
• Some proven procedures, check lists, comment sheets
• Handling problem participants
• Closure and Follow-up
• Implementation
• Review of Experiences of Participants

Sponsor Background:
About SAE

What do cars, aircraft, trucks, off-highway equipment, engines, materials, manufacturing, and fuels have in common? SAE. The Society of Automotive Engineers is your one-stop resource for technical information and expertise used in designing, building, maintaining, and operating self-propelled vehicles for use on land or sea, in air or space.

Who we are & what we do

Nearly 80,000 engineers, business executives, educators, and students from more than 97 countries form our network of members who share information and exchange ideas for advancing the engineering of mobility systems. More than 16,000 volunteer leaders serve on our Board of Directors and our many other boards, councils and committees. Our technical committees write more new aerospace and automotive engineering standards than any other standards-writing organization in the world. We publish thousands of technical papers and books each year, and leading-edge periodicals and Internet and CD-ROM products too. Our Cooperative Research Program helps facilitate projects that benefit the mobility industry as a whole. Numerous meetings and expositions provide worldwide opportunities to network and share information. We also offer a full complement of professional development activities such as seminars, workshops, and continuing education programs. The meetings and activities of local sections provide an opportunity to network with colleagues near you.

Services for the public and the profession

Every day, we demonstrate our commitment to society through local, national, and international public awareness programs that promote vehicle safety and maintenance and energy resource conservation. Through the SAE Foundation, we are also deeply involved in the engineering-related education of children, teachers , college students, and faculty. Industry and faculty awards provide recognition to outstanding contributors in the profession.

Since its founding in 1905, SAE's dedicated people, strong technical base, and vision have helped serve the professional needs of engineers and the transportation needs of humanity. We are clearly poised to continue that role into the 21st century.

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