Books published by LAP Lambert Academic Publishing

This book comprises of details regarding Product Design, Product Design for Manufacturing and Assembly, Product Development Process and Product Planning, Product Analysis and Material Selection, Identifying Customer Needs, Value Engineering. Product design describes process of imagining, creating, and iterating products that solve user¿s problems or address specific needs in a given market. Product design process is the set of various strategic and tactical activities, from idea generation to commercialization, used to create a product design. In a systematic approach, product designers conceptualize and evaluate ideas, turning them into tangible inventions and products. The key to successful product design is an understanding of the end user customer, the person for whom the product is being created. Product design focuses not only on specific products but the overall experience of the product. Value engineering is a systematic, organized approach to providing necessary functions in a project at the lowest cost. Value engineering promotes the substitution of materials and methods with less expensive alternatives, without sacrificing functionality.

Over the past few years, the major challenge faced by hotels and their housekeepers is handling well-traveled and experienced guests. Guests these days are not only aware of their rights but are also not loyal to a particular brand. Today¿s customer looks for value for money and is open to trying out hotels for the mere sake of a luxury experience. The hospitality industry being service oriented, the hotels face tough competition to run their business profitably. Among the various changes and improvements made by the hotel management to increase occupancy and customer satisfaction, the most important is the housekeeping function. With advancements in modernization and use of technology, the face of housekeeping has changed as per the latest trends in the hotel industry. Modern practices such as Eco-friendly housekeeping, outsourcing, use of IT, and novel scientific technology like ergonomics, if implemented in an organized manner, can lead to hotel growth and long term profitability.Today, housekeeping is no more a back-of-the-house department; most of the reputed hotel chains have chosen to raise their housekeepers as front runners and encourage them to interact with the guests.