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	Top exam Tips for your Exam ppt. (POWERPOINT) Generic presentation based on 12 tips to success.  It has been adapted to pick up on some of the weak areas of response from 2005 Top exam Tips for your Exam T-Pages (TURNINGPAGES) Revision Game Product Design Flash Cards: Print out and use as a prompt.  Colour code to group objects. Product Design Dominoes Print and cut out. Revision Task: A paper based set of revision tasks for the whole exam.
	Human Factors ppt. T-Page Anthropometrics: 5th - 95th Percentile Ergomomics Needs and wants - sterotyping, special  groups  (disabled etc) Working Triangles - Kitchen, production lines Safety - legislation/regulation, risk assessment.
	Materials and Components ppt. T-Page ALMOST everything you need to know about: PLASTICS WOODS METAL PAPER AND BOARD - compulsory. Primary Processing Stock sizes and forms Composites/ alloys/ manufactured materials, Standard Components - why they are used.
	Environmental Issues ppt. T-Page 3 Rs - Reduce, Recycle, Reuse Biogradeability Renewable/ non renewable materials Green products product life cycles
	Consumer Issues ppt. T-Page Consumer groups - Consumer Council, Greenpeace etc... Standard agencies - BSI, ISOetc.. Manufacture's regulations/ legislation Symbols related to consumer protection. How products are evaluated - product analysis.
	Product Evolution ppt. T-Page Why products change over time: materials, technology, manufacturing methods, social changes, fashion, legislation etc... Technology push/market pull. Continuous Improvement.
	Packaging and Labelling ppt. T-Pages Purpose of packaging - protect, inform, display, transport, contain, preserve Labelling requirements - essential information Symbols - enviromental, design protection, product maintainance nets - locking tabs etc... Industrial production - die cutting, printing etc...
	Design Methodology ppt. T-Pages Design Movements Current Designers Cultural influences Impact of nature, mathematics and existing products on new products
	Commercial Production ppt. T-Pages Scales of production - custom, batch, mass, continous, flexible manufacturing etc... Product Manufacture  Manufacturing groups - moulding, forming, wasting conditioning, assesmbly, finishing. Quality Assurance/Quality Control/Tolerances Use of ICT in manufacturing CAD/CAM