Durable Good Brochure
This project was part of the DTS course. For this project, we chose a manufactured good that was considered durable, meaning it was meant to last for a long time. We then made a brochure for the durable good that included a description, history, manufacturing process, servicing, interchangeability of parts, and the materials of the product. In addition, we stated the role automation plays in producing the product. This individual project took two class days to complete. In order to complete the project on time, I had to do research about automation and the manufacturing process of my durable good outside of school. The targeted skill of this project was applying knowledge from the Manufacturing and Marketing presentation. We needed to be able to apply knowledge about durable versus nondurable goods and the manufacturing process. Since the good we chose to make the brochure about had to be a durable good, we had to decipher the difference between the two in order to have a correct main focus of the brochure. If we could not apply the knowledge of the difference, and chose a nondurable good, the foundation for our brochure would be all wrong. In addition, we needed to distinguish the different types of manufacturing systems. For our chosen durable good, we needed to infer which manufacturing system would be used to produce the good. This applies what we learned about types of manufacturing systems to real goods. Another skill we used to complete the project was our general use of publisher. Our brochure had to be colorful and entertaining, so we needed to be able to change the font color and size in publisher, add pictures, and in other ways make our brochure more visually appealing. Completing this project, I learned much about manufacturing and marketing, such as the primary and secondary processes for manufacturing and the difference between a natural material and an industrial material. I also learned how helpful interchangeable parts have been in manufacturing because we no longer need to buy an entire new good when one part breaks. I faced difficulties, such as choosing a durable good and deciding which manufacturing system my durable good would be made through. I originally chose my durable good to be a toothbrush, but I was not sure if a toothbrush could be classified as a durable good. I then made my durable good an electric toothbrush because the interchangeable head allows an electric toothbrush to last for a long period of time. To choose the manufacturing system for my durable good, I took a step back and considered the relative size of the electric toothbrush, the technology used to make the electric toothbrush, and the manufacturing process as a whole.
