At the beginning of the design phase, it is important to enumerate the exact customer requirements that your design must satisfy. The Product Design Specification tool, or PDS, is a tool that is ...

HVAC product selection is not as easy as it sometimes seems. For sure, the key part of engineering is the KIS principle (Keep It Simple). However, the KID principle (Keep It Defendable) is even more ...

Call it the 10% Rule: design a product with conventional methods today, and statistically, less than one unit in ten of ...

Intimate Connectivity Must Be Maintained Throughout the Product’s Lifecycle The link between product specifications and analytical methods throughout a product’s lifecycle makes intuitive sense. One ...

An important aspect of Quality by Design (QbD) is to establish meaningful and realistic specifications. Well-defined specifications control the performance of products, as they derive from ...

Identifying design opportunities involves spotting problems or needs that can be improved through design A design brief clearly describes the problem, goals, and specific requirements of the project ...

Access to comprehensive information is critical for correct product specification. Specification parameters include technical performance, environmental credentials, certification, installation ...

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