Template Related to Problem Solving

1. Designers: Bhumika A Kulkarni, Charles S Swaris, Sagar S A, Vinaylaxmi R Shanbhag
2. Clients: Miss Jyoti Gadad
3. Users:
4. Need Statement: It is generally seen during festivals and special occasions that all the clothing shops are very crowed. The salesmen and the labors find it difficult to entertain all the customers as organizing the clothes simultaneously is a tedious task. Propose a solution for this problem.

SI.NO	Questions such as	This questions helps the designer to
1	What age group of people will use the machine?	Establish Client's Objective
2	Should the machine be portable?
3	How do you want the machine to be controlled?
4	Do you want to use it for business purpose or domestic purpose?
5	What safety considerations do you have?
6	Do you want the machine to only fold t-shirts and shirts?	Identify Constraints
7	How many clothes should the machine fold in 3 minutes?
8	What's the maximum load that the machine can take?
9	How much are you willing to pay for the machine?
10	Should the display the options of start and end of the process?	Establish Functions
11	What is the typical usage of machine?

SI.NO	Answers such as	This questions helps the designer to
1	14+	Establish Client's Objective
2	Yes, the machine should be portable
3	Yes, it should be controlled automatically
4	The machine should be used for business purpose
5	It should be customer friendly and sturdy enough
6	Yes, the machine should fold only t-shirts and shirts	Identify Constraints
7	2-3 clothes in 3 minutes
8	The machine should be able to take the load of min 4 kg
9	5000/-
10	No,it should not display options	Establish Functions
11	To fold the clothes neatly, flatly and quickly

1.1 Identify client's objectives

Step 1:Prepare a list of design objectives

SI.NO	Objectives
1	User friendly
2	Control automatically
3	Business
4	Portability
5	Safety

1.2 Prioritize the identified design objectives

Priority among various objectives is set through a technique called Pair-wise Comparison Chart (PCC)

Objectives	Controlled Automatically	Portability	Safety	User Friendly	Score
Controlled Automatically	***	0	0	0	0
Portability	1	***	0	0	1
Safety	1	1	***	0	2
User friendly	1	1	1	***	3

Rank the objectives in order of decreasing value of importance and list it

1. User friendly
2. Safety
3. Portability
4. Control automatically

Based on information gathered through interaction with client, initial survey and completing phase 1.1 the problem definition is formulated as follows

Problem definiton version 1.1

Design a machine that will help the customers in folding clothes which is user friendly, safe and portable and can be controlled Automatically.

1.2 Identify Constraints

1. Must be able to fold t-shirts & shirts
2. Cost should not exceed Rs5000
3. Should be able to fold 2-3 clothes in 3 minutes
4. Should be able to handle load of 3kgs

Problem definition version 1.2

Design a machine that will help the customers in folding clothes which is user friendly, safe, portable and can be controlled automatically. It should be able to fold t-shirts and shirts . It should fold 2-3 clothes in 3 minutes. The cost should not exceed Rs.5000.

1.3 Establish Functions

1. Fold clothes neatly, flatly and quickly

Problem definition version 1.3

Design a machine that will help the customers in folding clothes which is user friendly, safe, portable and can be controlled Automatically. It should be able to fold t-shirts and shirts. It should fold 2-3 clothes in 3 minutes. The cost should not exceed Rs.5000.It should fold clothes neatly, flatly and quickly.