| Progression of Product Manufacturing Technologies | p. 1 |
| Introduction to Product Manufacturing | p. 1 |
| Historical Changes in Product Manufacturing Methodology Paradigms | p. 4 |
| Exercises | p. 7 |
| Evaluative Criteria for Product Manufacturing and Optimization Fundamentals | p. 9 |
| Evaluative Items and Criteria in Product Manufacturing | p. 9 |
| Product Quality and Product Performance | p. 10 |
| Manufacturing Cost | p. 10 |
| Product Demand, Lead Time, Inventory, and Delivery | p. 11 |
| Items Pertaining to Production Method | p. 13 |
| Flexibility in Manufacturing | p. 15 |
| Processing Capability | p. 17 |
| Safety and Reliability | p. 19 |
| Natural Environment and Natural Resources | p. 20 |
| Mental Satisfaction Level | p. 21 |
| Criteria Requirements | p. 22 |
| Relationships Between Criteria and Optimization | p. 26 |
| Exercises | p. 32 |
| References | p. 33 |
| Technologies for Product Manufacturing Innovation | p. 35 |
| Generation of Better Products from Wider Feasibilities | p. 35 |
| Generation from Conceptual Design Stages | p. 36 |
| Concurrent Engineering | p. 37 |
| Collaboration | p. 46 |
| Exercises | p. 55 |
| References | p. 55 |
| Involvement of People in Product Manufacturing | p. 57 |
| Roles of Individuals in Product Manufacturing | p. 57 |
| Human Abilities | p. 57 |
| Relationships Between Customers and Manufacturers | p. 59 |
| Kansei Engineering | p. 60 |
| Ergonomics | p. 69 |
| Collaboration Circumstances | p. 74 |
| Exercises | p. 77 |
| References | p. 78 |
| Product Manufacturing Support Technologies | p. 79 |
| Representative Supporting Systems | p. 79 |
| Product Shape Description Technologies | p. 80 |
| Technologies for Analysis of Performance Characteristics | p. 83 |
| Technologies that Support Generation of Product Ideas | p. 85 |
| Database Technologies | p. 90 |
| Manufacturing Support Technologies | p. 91 |
| Technologies to Acquire Information Concerning Customer Needs | p. 107 |
| Technologies Supporting Enterprise Management | p. 110 |
| Utilization of information Technology for Product Manufacturing | p. 111 |
| Exercises | p. 114 |
| References | p. 115 |
| Optimization Technologies for Product Manufacturing | p. 117 |
| Fundamental Optimization Technologies and Difficulties in their Application | p. 117 |
| Linear Programming Problems | p. 118 |
| Nonlinear Programming Problems and Local Optimum Solutions | p. 118 |
| Multiobjective Optimization Problems | p. 123 |
| Optimization Problems Including Discrete Variables | p. 126 |
| Genetic Algorithms (GAs) | p. 129 |
| Large Scale Optimization Problems | p. 130 |
| Fundamental Strategies for Effectively Applying Optimization Methods | p. 131 |
| Fundamental System Optimization Approaches | p. 134 |
| Decision-making Sequence Applied to Task Operations and Optimization of Evaluative Characteristics | p. 134 |
| Two Stage Integrated Optimization | p. 138 |
| System Design Optimization Strategies | p. 145 |
| Features of Machine Product Characteristics and Fundamental Optimization Strategies | p. 145 |
| Priority Relationships among Characteristics | p. 148 |
| Creation of Hierarchical Optimization | p. 152 |
| Conflicting Relationships Between Characteristics | p. 153 |
| Construction of Hierarchical Optimization Procedures | p. 153 |
| Practical Procedures for Product Optimization | p. 155 |
| Discussion Concerning System Design Optimization | p. 162 |
| Optimum Selection Method for Alternative Design Solutions | p. 162 |
| Exercises | p. 167 |
| References | p. 167 |
| Decision-making Methods | p. 171 |
| Decision-making Difficulties and Fundamentals of Decision-making | p. 171 |
| Decision-making Difficulties | p. 171 |
| Fundamental Schemes to Facilitate Decision-making | p. 172 |
| Fundamentals of Decision-making | p. 173 |
| Method for Selecting the Best Alternatives when There Are Many Evaluative Factors | p. 173 |
| Calculation of Weighting Coefficients for Attributes Using the Pair Comparison Method | p. 173 |
| Finding the Best Alternative from Among Several Alternatives Using the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) Method | p. 176 |
| Decision-making Using Subjective Probability Under Uncertain Circumstances | p. 177 |
| Decision-making Considering Personal Preferences of a Decision-maker | p. 179 |
| Methodologies for Decision-making in Collaborative Circumstances | p. 181 |
| Exercises | p. 184 |
| References | p. 184 |
| Design Optimization for Creativity and Balance | p. 185 |
| Creativity Optimization Based on Collaborative Effort | p. 185 |
| Cultural Impact of Product Manufacturing | p. 189 |
| Exercises | p. 190 |
| References | p. 191 |
| Index | p. 193 |
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