Design Triggers

Design Triggers
By Kyle Smith
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EngineeringFurther Education (Key Stage 5)

This lesson contains 12 slides, with interactive quizzes and text slides.

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Design Triggers
By Kyle Smith

Slide 1 - Slide

What does the phrase 'design trigger' mean to you?

Slide 2 - Mind map

Definition of Design Trigger
Demand has been created from a need for a product or service.


Important Fact 

Engineers apply physical laws, chemical laws and principles, and mathematics to design millions of products and services that we use in our everyday lives. These products include cars, computers, aircrafts, clothing, toys, home appliances, surgical equipment, heating and cooling equipment, health care devices, tools and machines that make various products, and so on

Slide 3 - Slide

List of Triggers
  1. Market Pull/Technology Push
  2. Demand
  3. Profitability
  4. innovation
  5. market research
  6. product/process performance issues
  7. sustainability (carbon footprint)
  8. designing out risk.

Slide 4 - Slide

Market Pull
Market pull is when product ideas are produced in response to market forces or customer needs.
What is Market Pull in the context of the automotive industry ?

Slide 5 - Mind map

Technology Push
Technology Push is where the technology is available and the designers make a product to use it.
Provide an example Technology Push in the context of the automotive industry ?

Slide 6 - Mind map

Reading Article - Market Demand
https://www.bigcommerce.co.uk/ecommerce-answers/how-research-market-demand/
Explain why 'demand' is associated with design triggers?

Slide 7 - Mind map

Is 'demand' just for now? Explain your response.

Slide 8 - Mind map

Price to be paid by customer
Cost to produce each individual item
Profit Margin
Tax
Overheads
Transport
Manufacturing Costs
Material Costs
Setup Costs
Share of development costs

Slide 9 - Drag question

Recall two key points from todays lesson.

Slide 10 - Open question

Explain your two key points.

Slide 11 - Open question

Have you learned any new concepts or ideas from todays lesson?
Yes
No

Slide 12 - Poll