r. i. t mechanical engineering benchmarking rit-kgcoe multidisciplinary senior design

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Benchmarking

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Multidisciplinary Senior Design

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Outline: In this session, you will…

• See an example of a benchmarking exercise• See an example of some benchmarking tables• Get a starting point for sources of benchmark

information

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Deliverables

• In order to demonstrate successful completion of this module, you must:• Identify 6-8 features, specifications, and/or

performance parameters that you wish to benchmark for your project (you may want to agree on these as a team before doing your individual work)

• Identify 3 products/process to benchmark (plan as a team so you don’t duplicate effort)

• Create a benchmark table in your logbook to organize your findings – handwritten or printed out and taped in are OK.

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What is Benchmarking?

• Benchmarking is the activity of comparing a product, a component, an application, a software package, a process, an idea etc. to past or current products, components, applications, Software packages processes, ideas etc.

• What are these things compared to? • Current products, components, applications, software package etc.

• Current and Past Technologies

• Current and Past Manufacturing Processes

• Industry Best Practices

• Patents

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What else is Benchmarking?

• A way to organize your search for products or process that deliver at least some of the same functionality as your project will.

• Think about the core functions you need to perform, not the complete finished product/process!

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Example from P13026: Mediresp III

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Feature Set

Note: quantitative information for objective comparisons!

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Benchmark vs Medisys and AutoMedX

Some cells may need to remain blank if information isn’t available or not applicable for this particular item.

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Other examples…

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Computer Processing Example (Matlab benchmrking)

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Posture Monitor

Different information may be available for different products

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Human Powered Water Treatment

• http://edge.rit.edu/content/R12400/public/Benchmarks

• Pedal power• Hand crank• Jumprope light• Dynamo flashlight• Energy-generating soccer ball• Energy harvesting backpack

May or may not have anything to do with water treatment…

…but ALL have to do with converting human motion into electrical energy!

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Sources of Information

• Prior MSD projects (EDGE archive)• Internet search• Literature search (library website)

• Or specific database search (IEEE Xplore, Patent Database @ USPTO, etc.)

• Reverse engineering (take apart an existing product)

• Experimentation (get your hands dirty!)

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Sources of Information

• https://edge.rit.edu/edge/Resources/public/Project%20Archives

• www.google.com www.wikipedia.com etc.

• library.rit.edu or search a specific database at this site to get a more focused search:• http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/Xplore/home.jsp

• uspto.gov

• Reverse engineering: talk to your guide/customer!

• Experimentation: talk to your guide/customer!

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Remember…

• This is an ongoing process!• You may need to do more benchmarking as:

• You learn more about your project

• You uncover questions about your design

• You perform preliminary feasibility analysis