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People
New and emerging technologies
Circle the correct 3 answers.
Technology Push is:
When products are made because consumers demand it.
A product that takes advantage of new materials, such as carbon fibre.
When there is a gap in the market, so a new product is invented.
A product that uses new technology.
When factories improve processes that allows for new products.
Circle the correct 3 answers.
Examples of Market Pull are:
A demand from consumers for new or improved products.
A product that uses new technology
A competing product is launched by another manufacturer.
A manufacturer wants to increase their share of the market.
When factories improve processes that allows for new products
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Environment
New and emerging technologies
A continual improvement process, also often called a continuous improvement process (abbreviated as CIP or CI), is an ongoing effort to improve products, services, or processes.
Think of product and see if you can improve it’s design in anyway to make it better for the environment
Identify a change
Do you think
It will work?
How can it be
changed?
How can these
changes be made?
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Design Decisions - Maintenance
New and emerging technologies
Look at the products below, what features do they have?
Have they been designed for maintenance or do they have Planned obsolescence?
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