Combining product design with engineering is key

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James Dyson, founder of global vacuum cleaner giant Dyson, which cleaned up in the vacuum cleaner market with revolutionary stylish product designs, speaks to Dean Palmer about the important design innovations over the last 25 years and what the future holds for UK manufacturing and engineering. He describes the reason behind his decision of shifting the manufacturing to Malaysia, which includes proximity to supplier base, availability of low cost labor and expansion of business.

Executive changes & profiles, Household Appliances, Service industry machinery, not elsewhere classified, General industrial machinery, not elsewhere classified, Officials and employees, Interview, Cleaning machinery and appliances industry, Cleaning equipment industry, Dyson, James

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PLM software: hype or innovation enabler?

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Members attending the annual conference on engineering had an opportunity to discover ideas and gain insight from practice case studies on Product Lifecycle Management (PLM). Innovation, cost reduction and extra revenue options are the main benefits of PLM.

United States, Science & research, Research, Conferences, meetings and seminars, Product management

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Soft distribution from hard experimentation

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Practical experimentation is the basis of any product design and development process. The effect of experiments and trial and error methods on product enhancement and redesign is described.

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