Product Design - Product Design Considerations

Product Design Considerations

Product design is not an easy task. The stakeholders involved all demand something different from the product designer and from the design process.

  • The manufacturer is concerned with production cost; in the end, the manufacturer wants an economically produced product.
  • The purchaser looks at price, appearance, and prestige value.
  • The end user is concerned with usability and functionality of the final product.
  • The maintenance and repair department focuses on how well the final product can be maintained: is the product easily reassembled, disassembled, diagnosed, and serviced?

Stakeholders' needs vary from one another and it is the product designer's job to incorporate those needs into their design.

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