Medical Cart Project TEAM MEDIGASCART

1. Medical Cart ProjectTEAM MEDIGASCART Team Manager & Process Engineer : Kirsten Jordan Manufacturing Engineer: Mohamed Al Hadeel Design Engineer: PraneshJayakumar

2. OBJECTIVE • Identify customer needs/demanded quality • Compare current product in use to other competitors • Propose feasible and logical enhancements to the upper portion of the cart • Create three different design alternatives that satisfy our project scope

3. MISSION STATEMENT Product Description • An environmental and user friendly cart which includes sterilization and security functions Benefit Proposition • Provide enhanced convenience to users of carts by analyzing specific issues with current design of upper portion and proposing practical improvements Key Business Goals • Quick and seamless implementation • Serve as platform for future medical carts • Usage of non-biodegradable materials • Improve sterilization functions Primary/Target Market • Hospitals • Clinics • Urgent Care facilities

4. MISSION STATEMENT Secondary/Potential Market • Nursing homes • Assisted living Assumptions • Adjustable monitor • Retractable wire system • Wider work surface • Effective sanitation method Stakeholders • Users • Retailer • Manufacturing operations • Service center

5. BACKGROUND • Known as “WOW” (Workstation on Wheels) • Previous manual recording of patient data onto medical chart • Data entered into computer from chart • Although various benefits of cart are recognized, several issues are still present

6. PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT PROCESS MODEL

7. RESEARCH AND PLANNING PROCESS • Research on Hi-care medical cart • Hospital visits and nurse interviews • Collected customer requirement data • Translated customer requirements into engineering requirements • Competitor research and comparison with current product

8. COMPETITOR ANALYSIS

9. QUALITY PLANNINGHOQ

10. CONCEPT DEVELOPMENTTRIZ • Step 1: Identify problem • Physical contradictions with wider worktable and wireless scanner • Step 2: Formulate problem • If the work table area is increased, cart would become heavier to push • If wireless scanner is used, it could possibly be easily misplaced • Step 3: Search previously well-solved problems • Area of non-moving object/weight of substance • Convenience of use/waste of energy • Step 4: Look for analogous solution and adapt • Principle 2- extraction • Principle 40-composite material • Principle 13-inversion • Principle 19-periodic action

11. CONCEPT DEVELOPMENT

12. 7500 series LCD monitor arm - $263 I-Tech Virtual Laser Keyboard - $180 Retractable USB cable system - $11 Purelight Handheld UV Wand - $170 Silicone Keyboard Protector - $5 Ergonomic wrist protective guard- $5 Dell Small Form factor CPU - $180, Dell E157FP 15” LCD Monitor - $105 Keyboard and Mouse -$30, Fingerprint Scanner -$23, Barcode Scanners -$45

13. SYSTEM LEVEL DESIGN • Final design selection: ICU alternative • Best design alternative based on two different criteria-demanded quality and price • Meets all the customer requirements as compared to other alternatives • Enhancement components have comparatively low price of $592 when compared to main floor alternative

14. PRODUCT LAUNCH PLAN • Manufacturability • Monitor, CPU, adjustable monitor arm, barcode scanner, fingerprint scanner, UV sterilization wand-end items • Worktable will be PIA to base system • Marketplace introduction • Test trial periods within hospitals • Customer test clinics • Marketing and advertising • Potential markets and buyers include hospitals, urgent care facilities, clinics, nursing homes, and assisted living • Possible challenges: Price, customer acceptance and adjustability

15. CONCLUSION • Lessons learned: • Detailed functions of medical carts • History of carts and methods used before cart • Use of PD models to design product • Proper customer interview methods • How to integrate voice of customer in PD process • Barriers: • Hospital access • Obtaining accurate price information of base system of cart

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