Template can be decorated to be more attractive

Note:
The final report on this product design is expected to be in the form of a booklet featuring
infographics. You can make it attractive for market attention.

TK 4104 CHEMICAL PRODUCT DESIGN

PROJECT REPORT
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BY:
(Name, NIM)

Class #
(footnotes) Please acknowledge all the Advisors:
PT. Paragon Technology and
Chemical Engineering, ITB
Innovation
1. Prof. Johnner Sitompul 1. Anita Fajrin, S.T.
2. Dr. Harry Devianto 2. Nur Huda Arif Indiarto, S.T.
3. Dr. Dendy Adityawarman 3. Yani Rahmawati, M.Si.
4. Dr. Megawati Zunita 4. Hana Athaya, S.T
5. Dr. Hafis Pratama Rendra Graha5. Harits Majiid, S.T.
6. Dr. Graecia Lugito 6. Meti Fatmawati, S.T.
7. Apt. Nurani Istiqomah, S.Farm

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 Executive Summary (about Product)
This written equivalent of the elevator pitch is usually one page long. Because most business plans are
not read beyond the executive summary, this is your chance to convince the potential investor that it is
worth going to the trouble of reading the rest. The summary should be a clear and concise statement of
the idea, the market need that is being addressed, the benefits delivered by the product, the
competitive advantage offered by the product, the commercialization strategy, and the funding
required. First impressions are very important. The executive summary is crucial, in particular for non-
specialist readers.

Note: The purpose of the design report is to describe and justify the final design (or for the intermediate
reports the current status of the design). The audience is primarily decision makers (technical and
business project managers) in your company and internal technical staff. The style should follow these
guidelines:

1) Take the active voice (use first person nouns and direct, forceful verbs);

2) Use pronouns when recommending something, drawing conclusions, or conveying decisions;

3) Write the way you talk - make it easy for the reader to get your point;

4) Keep most sentences and paragraphs short.

Examples:

1. https://slideuplifts.medium.com/4-types-of-executive-summary-templates-for-engaging-
presentations-f54017f82ecb
2. https://www.slideteam.net/blog/top-50-most-effective-executive-summary-templates-to-
impress-your-clients
Design Report (about designing process)
Introduction
Use the introduction section to provide some background information on the overall design problem
domain. This introductory information should come from your literature search – Library, Internet, trade
magazines, etc. Key points to cover:

• Set the context: Help the reader understand general information about the problem or need area,
including any necessary definitions, statistics, etc. Use pictures and visual images as much as possible.

• Explain the purpose: why is this work important?

• Set the scope: How far can you or will you go to solve the problem?

• State the objectives: In short statements or a bullet list, identify the specific objectives of your work -
things that can be assessed at the end of the project to determine if you were successful.

Important Note: All sources that are not your own ideas must be referenced.

Reference samples: websites (Swanson, 1999), journals (Muriru and Daewoo, 2002), books (Zacharia
and Daudi, 2001), conference proceedings (Peters et al., 2001) and patents (Wen-Cheng, 1994).

Needs Statement
This part includes:

 “Initial Needs Statement” – the needs statement can be gathered from secondary research, please
include all instruments (RPD, fishbone, gap analysis, etc.) that your group has used to determine the
need statement.
 “Customer Needs Assessment” which describes the iterative FOCUS process for defining the
customer, developing appropriate interview and observation guides, collecting data, and converting
it to customer requirements statements (customer needs). Please show/describe the iterative
nature of the process to illustrate how the project was impacted by customer input. This section
should include descriptive text and several tables and figures, including:

1. An initial customer needs list obtained from interviews and observations (refer to Table 1).

2. A table listing the hierarchal design objective list, that has been augmented with constraints and
functions (refer to Table 2). Note that the constraints and functions are formatted differently for
easy identification.

3. Include the most relevant copy of your interview guide and observation guide (if any) in the
Appendix, and reference it from this section.
 Table 1. Example of Initial Customer Needs

Table 2. Hierarchal Customer Needs List (With Weighting factors)

 “Weighting of Customer Needs” begins with a brief introduction on the importance of weighting,
and then provide a description and/or tables that show how the weights were calculated. The
resources for making decisions discussed in class would be a good tool to use here. Figure 1
illustrates the use of one method, the Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP), to create a weighted
hierarchal customer needs list. It is very important to include figures and tables to show how the
decisions were made, not just what the decisions are.

Figure 1. Example of AHP Pair wise Comparison Chart to Determine Weighting for Main Objective
Categories

 “Final Needs Statement and Target Specifications” – Using the initial problem statement and the
knowledge gathered from the customer needs, describe a revised needs statement that provides a
more concise description of the design problem. Clearly define the target specifications and the
design criteria that define the problem (generated from the customer requirements and engineering
standards). Include the initial justification for the specifications and the metrics (how “meeting the
specs” will be measured), referring to customer requirements and benchmarking results as
appropriate. Also describe how the specifications were checked with the customer to ensure they
meet their needs.
 “External Search” includes information gathered from numerous sources about the design problem
and the product, process, or system that is at the center of the design problem. Focus primarily on
the information that is pertinent to the revised needs statement and target specifications. Sources
should include library, internet, magazines, patents, observations of actual products, discussions
with “experts”, etc. Evaluate the information sources, and clearly state what impact they have on
the development of your project. Also, summarize your business opportunity, and make reference
to your Business Plant.
 “Competitor Analysis/Benchmarking” – identify commercially available products, processes, or
systems that attempt to address all or a significant part of the needs statement that your project is
addressing. Create a benchmarking table that compares numerous applicable features.
 Try to summaries all in a Figure and make short overview about the business opportunity. You may
consider to build a “House of Quality” Diagram (Figure 2) or other infographic Figure (example:
https://venngage.com/blog/research-infographic/).
Concept Idea Generation
In this section describe the processes used to generate creative alternative conceptual design ideas and
do an initial screen for feasibility. Document numerous (minimum 3) feasible alternatives, and discuss
the continuing influence of the customer in the design process.

Briefly describe the process used for concept generation, making note of processes used to enhance
creativity and to maximize the number of different system-level and subsystem-level concepts
considered. For ideas generation, please include sufficient detail to show the important results of the
concept generation process, such as brainstorming lists, mind-mapping charts, affinity diagrams,
sketches/drawings of concepts (hand sketches or CAD drawings approximately scaled, including users in
operating position(s)), etc. Include some discussion of features that may serve as "delighters" - unique
or unexpected features that could distinguish your product.

Product Concept Selection

This part includes:
  “Data and Calculations for Feasibility and Effectiveness Analysis”
 “Concept Screening” – how concepts were combined and refined.
 “Concept Development, Scoring and Selection”
 “Risk tabulation and management”

Please describe the process used to develop and evaluate the final concepts, and describe in detail
the concept selected for further refinement. Remember that the goal is not selection but
development of the best concept, so combining and refining concepts is highly encouraged. Explain
the scoring method used in the decision matrix. Show detailed feasibility and effectiveness analysis
for the selected concept relative to all design specifications.

Designed Product
Show highlights of the key analysis that was done to justify design decisions, and include the results and
conclusions from the analysis in the body of the report (place the details of any significant analysis in the
appendix). Provide clear and complete justification that includes all aspects of the decision (to
demonstrate that a good design process was followed to achieve a good decision). If applicable, please
determine some considerations to draw decision as shown in Table 3.

Table 3. Considerations to draw decision

This section also includes how does the product work. In the best way you can, please explain how your
design works. Focus on system-level operational details (how the user would operate the system), but
include some technical information that describes how the product actually works. Include instructions
for maintenance and service, and any assembly steps that must be completed by the customer. This
section should be understandable to the target customer, and should be able to serve as product
literature (operating manual).

Product manufacturing
In either a narrative or step-by-step style, discuss the manufacturability and Financial analysis of the
final design:

• A reasonably detailed manufacturing and assembly plan (with pictures and/or figures) must be
developed that details how the product will be manufactured (in lots of 5000/yr) and that estimates the
per unit production cost (including labor, materials, overhead,...) at that production volume. [Use the
recommended cost estimation procedure discussed in class, or an equivalent method]

• The material, material condition, manufacturing method, surface finish, and tolerances must be
specified for the most significant components and justified based on Design for Manufacturing and
Assembly principles. Provide some explanation in this section for the tolerances specified in the
drawings, and how the dimensions fully control the important part features, and how manufacturing
considerations are represented in the drawings.

• Design Drawings

• Design validation through test results and operating experience – Explain the tests that were used to
validate the performance, usability, safety, and other features of your design, including for each test: 1)
the need for information (what you needed to know), 2) the design of the test (to control certain
factors) and the test apparatus (if required), 3) the metrics (the targets for what needs to be measured
or observed), 4) the measurement system, 5) the results, and 6) lessons learned and design changes.
Also, discuss the risk and risk management.

• Financial analysis – including GPM, NMP, NPV, ROI, and Payback period.

Please enrich the discussion with graphs/diagrams/tables.

Conclusions
Did your project meet the objective (to design a good solution to the business opportunity and respond
to the original needs statement)? Part of the conclusion section should include a specifications table,
showing all specification requirements vs. actual values for the final design. Using the performance
relative to specs along with performance relative to the design criteria, address the true value of your
design. Make sure to highlight the "delighters" and the truly unique features you have added to your
design. Also remember to include info on:

• Environmental: The design (and any fuels or power sources) should be evaluated for total
environmental impact, including concerns related to energy use, emissions, and total life cycle issues
(environmental impacts of production methods [hazardous materials?] and productretirement
[longevity and recyclability])

• Political (if any): Identify existing government policies that are supportive of the project.

References
APPENDICES (IF APPLICABLE)