COLLABORATION BETWEEN ENGINEERS AND INDUSTRIAL DESIGNERS IN MEETING PACKAGING CONSTRAINTS: A CASE FROM DEFENSE INDUSTRY

2022-11-07
Karaca, Kadir Erdem
This study investigates how packaging constraints are met in the defense industry and the role of industrial designers in the project process. In this thesis, packaging constraints will be used for the geometric limitations, and its scope includes length, diameter, distance, clearance, location, and space for a design. They are among the essential requirements sets of a system project. Additionally, the term system will refer to a set of things working together as parts of a mechanism or an interconnecting network; a complex whole in this study. Packaging constraints may directly affect the performance, cost, design, and many other outcomes. Nevertheless, they are considered some of the secondary requirements of a project and are usually treated as a natural iterative process by project management. Such attitudes may cause loss of time, energy, money, and other configurational problems for project management and team members. Therefore, interdisciplinary collaboration and communication between industrial designers and engineers should be well established starting fromthe early phases of the project for a better project management and less iterative processes.

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Citation Formats
K. E. Karaca, “COLLABORATION BETWEEN ENGINEERS AND INDUSTRIAL DESIGNERS IN MEETING PACKAGING CONSTRAINTS: A CASE FROM DEFENSE INDUSTRY,” M.S. - Master of Science, Middle East Technical University, 2022.