METHODOLOGIES FOR MODELING AND ANALYSIS OF PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT IN PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT

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.