1. Introduction to New Product Development (Documentation)
Tech 190A Week 13 Lecture
Introduction to New Product Development
(Documentation)

2. Design Documentation:
Design documentation can be defined as all documented information that are created for a product beginning from its planning stages to even while it has been completed and it is now being used by the customer.
Its intended users are many and include the company, engineers, employees, customers, contractors, suppliers, governments, and all the other stakeholders associated with the company.

3. Design Documentation Includes:
All necessary product and part views in the form of working drawings, detailed and assembly drawings.
Dimensions, tolerances, special manufacturing notes, and standard components.
Part numbers, bill of materials, and detailed part specifications.
Product electronic data files used by manufacturing planning and control, production engineering, marketing and quality control.
Process plans of how the product will be manufactured.
History of the product.
Others.

4. Product and Part Views

5. Dimensions, Tolerances, & Manufacturing Notes

6. Part Numbers and Bill of Materials

7. Product Electronic Data Files
All key product-related electronic information for businesses communication electronically. May include electronic information of:
Part numbers
Part dimensions
Part prices
Quantities
Part history
Material library
Part views
Process plans
Suppliers
Others

8. Process Plans of How Product will be Manufactured
The flow process chart is for planning processes for each part
Each part in the product has its own chart
The operation process (assembly) chart is for assembly processes
The whole product is done with one chart

9. The Flow Process Chart  TRANSPORTATION _____  STORAGE(S) _____
PRODUCT NAME:
FLOW BEGIN
FLOW END
DATE
PREPARED BY:
APPROBED BY:
PROCESS
SYMBOL AND NO. USED
 OPERATION_____  INSPECTIONS _____  DELAYS _____
 TRANSPORTATION _____  STORAGE(S) _____
TASK NO.
PROCESS SYMBOLS
DESCRIPTIO OF TASK
TIME INVOLVED
MACHINE REQUIRED
TOOLING REQUIRED
    

10. The Assembly Chart

11. History of the Product Should include information like:
When the product was initiated
How the product was initiated
Why the product was initiated
Who the target population was
Market study information about the product
Market expectations of the product
Problems encountered during its development
Success stories about the product
Why certain decisions were made about the product
Others