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Design – Introduction Holistic design makes the difference Fill in the blank. “——— was the ideal choice for this product, because it provides us the thinness and lightness we want in the portable category, great strength-to-weight ratio, and it also provides us some really nice options from a finishing perspective.” If you said “plastic” you’d be wrong, or at least that’s what Dan Riccio, VP product design at computers and consumer electronics maker apparently thinks. Courtesy Tony Deligio Published: December 12th, 2008 in P Why aluminium? It seems that this manufacturer did a value analysis and saw that the combination of excellent heat dissipation, improved stiffness and strength and the decorative finish possibilities outweighed the additional product cost compared to simple plastic computer casings. Value analysis was probably born in the automotive business. Given the wide choice of materials and processes now available, value analysis of the envisaged component or system is today of highest importance for automotive designers who are seeking to meet the present technical, economical and ecological challenges. The value of a specific product is inevitably interpreted in different ways depending on the point of view. A straightforward approach is to look for the product which meets all the various technical requirements at the lowest cost, considering both material and manufacturing cost. Another possibility is to express value by maximising the service capability of a product relative to its cost: Value = (Performance + Capability)/Cost In some cases the value of a product can be raised by increasing both its functions (performance or capability) and its cost as long as the added functions increase more than the added cost. A third possibility is to evaluate the cost of a component - which provides the necessary funct