Abstract:
Measuring the efficiency of a process is the most effective way of managing and
monitoring it. The thesis addresses the state of the art in product design and
development and its effects on the human society. The design process is reveled in a
great detail and its impact on manufacturing is elaborated through literature review and
personal experience.
Product development is knowledge based qualitative process. Measuring the
performance of a qualitative process is not the same as done in quantitative processes
like manufacturing. An effort has been made in this thesis to identify the requirements
for the measurement of performance in product development and the methods available
to analyze it. A critical survey of the literature available is done for the provision of
available performance measurement techniques in product development. A single
measurement and management technique is then advised through research as per the
requirements of mechanical manufacturing sector of Pakistan. Software is then
developed for an easy interaction with the approach.
The approach is then applied to a selected manufacturing facility to elaborate the
outcomes of the performance measurement in a selected project from the facility.
Selected results are also presented in the form of graphs and further insights to the
approach are discussed.
