Insights
Is your new product introduction process fit for purpose?
This video explains tools created by the Design Management Group to overcome challenges related to new product introduction. The aim of these tools is to achieve a strategically prioritised portfolio of new products that will be delivered on time, to budget and in demand by the market.
Using additive manufacturing beyond prototypes
Dr James Moultrie considers how manufacturers could be using these new additive manufacturing technologies more effectively for series production of components.
Design for additive manufacturing
Additive manufacturing (AM) technologies have resulted in significant changes to the way we design complex components. But the uptake beyond prototyping and small scale production remains slow.
The Cambridge Sustainable Design Strategy Cards
This set of cards represents a comprehensive collection of sustainable design strategies. The cards are specifically optimised for creative and generative design activities at the front end of the design process.
Good design is a game changer
James Moultrie, Head the IfM's Design Management Group, argues that good design is just as important for industrial products as it is for consumer goods such as cars and electronics.
Innovation by design
Linde Gases has designed a radical new valve for its gas cylinders, with support from the IfM's Design Management Group and IfM ECS.
Cambridge Academic Design Management Conference
Proceedings of the Cambridge Academic Design Management Conference (CADMC).
Why did they design it like that?
James Moultrie looks for universal appeal when beauty in is the eye of the beholder.
Design in Science: Exploring how industrial designers can contribute to scientific research
Explores ways in which designers might support the commercialisation of early stage science.
ISBN 978-1-902546-47-6
International design scoreboard: initial indicators of international design capabilities
This report from the IfM's Design Management Group and Centre for Industry and Government describes the generation of a framework for assessing international design capabilities. This framework is used to provide a first ranking of national design capabilities, using best available evidence.
ISBN 987-1-902846-74-2
Company spending on design: Exploratory survey of UK firms 2008
This report from the IfM's Design Management Group and Centre for Industry and Government provides a first ever evaluation of design spending in UK firms.
ISBN 987-1-902846-73-5
Designing for low-volume production
Provides cost analysis techniques and design tactics for products manufactured in small batch sizes, to help you meet demanding cost targets or reduce manufacturing costs. £39 (2001, Spiralbound, 88 pages)
ISBN 1-902546-06-7
Managing product development collaborations
Offers practical guidance for the effective management of product development collaborations.
ISBN 978-1-902546-15-5
Assessing and improving product design capability
Explains how to assess product design capability through the use of a product and process audit.
ISBN 978-1-902546-14-8
