Concept design

Concept design is the process of determining which technologies and processes will be used to produce a product.

Definition

According to Managing Quality by Foster (6th edition),

Concept design. The process of determining which technologies and processes will be used to produce a product.

According to the Lean Manufacturing by Feld,

Concept design. The first stage of the future state design phase. Concept design establishes the high-level view of what the operation will look like when the lean program is implemented. It provides the foundation for detail design.