Product Safety, Costs and Ergonomics

11B2342

Bachelor

German

5.0

winter and summer term

1 semester

A critical question in product development is to determine which EU regulations, directives, and standards must be considered and whether a CE marking is required. This is usually accompanied by the question of the product's usability.

For a product that aims to be successful on the market, it is essential to have knowledge of a potential selling price as well as the resulting target cost corridor and product usability. This applies to both investment goods and consumer goods.

1 Product Safety, CE Marking

1.1 EU Directives and Regulations in the Context of Product Safety

1.2 Stakeholders of Product Safety

1.3 Hazards and Risks in Work Systems

1.4 Risk Evaluation

1.5 Safety Technological Solutions

1.6 CE Marking Standardization

1.7 Software Solutions for CE Marking

1.8 Preventing Manipulation Incentives

2 Ergonomically Designed Product Development

2.1 Fundamentals

2.2 Anthropometric Design

2.3 Maximum Operating Forces

2.4 Impact of Loads on the Human Body

2.5 Simulation of Human-Machine Interaction - Motion Tracking and Virtual Reality

3 Target Price and Product Costs in Product Development

3.1 Customer Benefit and Value of a Product

3.2 Basics of Cost Accounting and Calculation of Product-Related Costs

3.3 Target Costing

3.4 Methods to Reduce Product Costs

The total workload for the module is 150 hours (see also "ECTS credit points and grading").

• Portfolio exam

The portfolio assessment is worth 100 points and consists of three presentations and a written exam (K0.5). A maximum of 25 points can be achieved for each of the first two presentations, a maximum of 35 points can be achieved for the third presentation, and a maximum of 15 points can be achieved for the written exam (K0.5).

The portfolio assessment is graded using a points system. A maximum of 100 points can be achieved.

Part 1 (group assessment – "Analysis of hazardous areas, safety concept"): Presentation (15 min) & tabular representation (5–15 pages) of the hazardous areas/risk analysis of a case study: maximum 25 points

Part 2 (group exam: "Evaluation of ergonomic properties"): Presentation (15 min) of the results of a case study - Maximum 25 points

Part 3 (group exam: "CE documentation"): Presentation (15 min) of a case study with accompanying CE documentation (created using CE software) – maximum 35 points

Part 4 (individual exam – K0.5): "Price and costs of products" – maximum 15 points

• Sch?fer, Jens

• Sch?fer, Jens