3. Studies of "competing products
The study of competing products is divided into two parts: the marketing and financial study, and the study of how the competing product is manufactured.
3.1 Marketing and financial study
It is part of the preliminary work for the functional analysis (FA).
You'll use this data in the final stages of the Functional Analysis (FA) and afterwards, especially if you're looking for costs or gains by function.
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AFNOR NF X 50-100 November 2011: Value Management – Functional analysis, fundamental characteristics – Functional analysis: functional analysis of the need (or external) and technical/product functional analysis (or internal) – Requirements for deliverables and implementation procedures
AFNOR NF X 50-151 September 2007: Value Management – Functional expression...
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Acronyms and abbreviations
AF: functional analysis
AFE: external functional analysis
AFI: internal functional analysis
FAST: FunctionAnalysis System Technic
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