Tech key terms Chap2
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| Developing products with the end user fully in mind. Such products are easy to use | User-centred design UCD |
| Body measurements | Anthropometrics |
| Research carried out first hand - not using internet, books or magazines. Often using interviews, observations, disassembly of product. | Primary investigation |
| Research information that is gathered from books and the internet | Secondary investigation |
| A 19th century design movement that rebelled against the use of machines in design | Arts and Crafts movement |
| The aesthetic appearance of a product is dictated by the way it works | Form follows function |
| The stages a product goes through from its introduction, growth and maturity to its eventual decline and replacement | Product life cycle |
| Post WW2 basic basic products that were often rationed | Utility products |
| A post WW2 British organisation set up to improve design standards and comparatives | Council of Industrial Design COID |
| A social movement to encourage the ethical treatment of farmers and workers in developing countries | Fairtrade |
| Symbols used on products that conform to appropriate standards | BSI kitemark and CE mark |
| A specific category of the population, such as single men between age 21 and 40 who live with their parents | Demographic group |
| Opinions that are independent of any influence from interested parties | Objective (3rd party) views |
| Methods and guidelines that an employer will used to endure the safety of employees, visitors and others within the workplaces | Safe working practices |
| A document taking consideration of what might cause harm to people and if reasonable steps are being to prevent that harm | Risk assessment |
| Reduce, reuse, recycle, repair, rethink, refuse | Six Rs of sustainability |
| The total amount of CO2 released into the atmosphere as a result of the activities of an individual, a community or an organisation | Carbon footprint |
| Measures direct emissions of CO2 from the burins of fossil fuels, including transport and domestic energy consumption | Primary carbon footprint |
| Measures indirect CO2 from the products we use | Secondary carbon footprint |
| The procedures and polices put in place to reduce waste and ensure manufactured products are produces accurately within set tolerances | Quality assurance QA |
| A project management system focusing on QA through the full involvement of the workforce in continual improvement | Total quality management TQM |
| The monitoring, checking and testing of materials, components, equipment and products throughout production to ensure they conform to acceptable tolerances | Quality control QC |
| A national organisational formed to devise agreed standard produces for performing a wide range of tasks | British standards institute BSI |
| A federation of national standards institutions that devise international standards to improve safety, productivity and reliability | International Standards Organisation ISO |
| A directive aimed at preventing hazardous substances from entering the production process in order to prevent damage to human health and the environment | Restriction of Hazardous Substances RoHS |
| A mandatory European directive that covers the end of life of electronic equipment | Waste from Electrical and Electronic Equipment WEEE |