The document outlines 10 key factors that influence product design: 1) customer requirements, 2) facilities for operators, 3) cost/price ratio, 4) product quality, 5) process capability, 6) material requirements, 7) work methods, 8) effects on existing products, 9) government standards, and 10) packaging. Product designers must consider user needs, ease of use, costs, quality, production processes, materials, innovation, compatibility with other products, regulations, and packaging design. The goal is to create a product that solves customer problems effectively at a reasonable cost.

1. FACTORS INFLUENCING PRODUCT DESIGN

2. Product Design
Product design describes the process of imagining, creating, and
iterating products that solve users’ problems

3. 1. Customer requirements
•Product design has to give due respect to the requirements of customers.
•So designers has to ensure that the product they design suits the convenience of
customers for use.
•The product design has to be in a way that they can be used in all conditions.

4. 2. Facility to operators
•The designer must see that an operator is provided with all possible comforts and
facilities in handling the operations involved in the product design.
•An operator may not perform efficiently if the product design is so complicated.
•Operator may get tired off soon and may produce less with a complicated design.
•Thus machines and tools to perform the operations prescribed in the design must
be convenient and comfortable to handle.
3.Cost/Price ratio
•Product designers, face lot of pressures in designing one which is cost effective,
better quality and the one that attracts a consumer.
•Cost effectiveness and quality should be an integral part of a product design.

5. 4. Product quality
•Quality of a product and its design go hand in hand.
•The policy of a firm should stress quality of a product in the design stage itself.
5. Process capability
•A product designer should have adequate knowledge of his machinery.

6. 6. Material requirements
•The nature and quality of the materials have significant impact on the design of the
product.
•The designer should have up to date information about new materials available to
make the desired product.
7. Work Methods
•A product designer should be innovative in nature.
•He /SHE should be aware of the innovations for improving the work methods.
Production cost can be influenced by a simple modification in work methods.
8. Effect on existing products
•When a product is designed to replace an existing one, a product designer Should
consider the use of standard parts and components, manufacturing process, distribution
strategies and the techniques to blend new manufacturing technology with the
existing product.

7. 10. Packaging
•Design of a package is equally important as the design of the product.
•Packaging design should consider the objectives of packaging such as
protection and promotion of the product.
•Attractive packaging enhances the sales.