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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