Roles and Service Sectors Across a Product Lifecyle

[demonstrate awareness of the role of designers, artisans and technologists in industry and society – IG]

A2 students:

[The range of service sectors in design and manufacturing industries, including:
– extraction of raw materials
– design and development
– manufacturing
– marketing and sales
– repair and maintenance.

The roles of a designer, manufacturer and consumer.

The roles of different workers within a manufacturing industry.

How technology-based systems are used by designers, manufacturers, retailers and consumers.]

[How digital technology is used in the design and development, manufacturing, marketing and sale of products. ***Link to CAM & CAM pages***]

[Candidates learn about business and commercial practices and why they are used in manufacturing
industries.

[The importance of identifying and satisfying consumer needs, to provide a product that customers will buy. ]

The stages in a product’s life cycle:
– research and development
– introduction
– growth
– maturity
– decline.

The use of a product extension strategy when a product enters its decline stage.

The advantages and disadvantages of product extension strategies, such as:
– discounting
– updating packaging
– adding more features.

The elements of the marketing mix (4Ps):
– price
– product
– promotion
– place.]

[Commercial manufacturing systems, including:
– concurrent engineering
– computer-integrated manufacturing (CIM) and computer-integrated engineering (CIE) ***Link to CAM page***
– cell production
– in-line assembly
– just in time (JIT)
– logistics. – A2] ***Link to the production scale article for this content***

[Information technology (IT)

The advantages and disadvantages to a designer or manufacturer when using a range of digital
communication methods to design and manufacture products, including:
– email
– web conferencing
– collaborative working through technology
– radio frequency identification (RFID) systems
– augmented reality (AR). – A2]

[coming soon]