Apple peeler
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Customer Needs
The primary customer need in an Apple Peeler is to have the ability to easily and quickly remove the skin of an apple. It is also expected that the device can peel the skin off various types of fruits and vegetables of similar shape and size. Since this is an everyday kitchen ware, the first and foremost requirement for this product is ease of use and safety. If must be easy enough so that the device can be operated from common sense without instruction by people of different age groups. It must be safe to be used by small children and elders, both male and female. Customers should not have to worry about possible safety hazards caused by everyday equipment.
Stakeholders
Consumers
The consumers are the primary stakeholders of the product. The “consumer” maybe anyone from any age group of any gender since it is an everyday kitchen ware.
Product must be relatively cheap to purchase since the function of the product is limited as opposed to a table knife.
Safety must be considered in detail to prevent any type of injuries.
Design will need to accommodate various users with different sizes and strength.
Operation of the product must be intuitive to be carried out without instruction.
Product must efficiently and quickly skin the apple.
Product must be able to skin apples of all sizes and shapes.
Retailers
Retailers are concerned with how the product presents itself at their stores.
Product must be compact as possible for efficient storage.
Product must be of manageable weight to be handled easily at stores.
Product must be durable enough to stay intact even when handled poorly or dropped.
Product should be aesthetically pleasing or should be able to be made aesthetically pleasing to attract customers.
Manufacturers
Manufacturers are concerned with ease manufacturing.
Product should have low part count.
Parts used should be easily accessible. This may mean that the parts have already been manufactured for other products.
Material used in manufacturing the parts should be cheap and easily accessible.
Assembly process should be simple, quick and easy to reduce production speed and labor costs.
Shipping/Transport
The primary concern in shipping is to deliver product received by manufacturer to retailers in a timely manner without any variation in product quality.
Product must be easy to handle. This may be done by reducing weight and choosing appropriate shape of the product so that when the product is boxed it is easy to handle.
Product must be durable so that any external load applied during shipping does not affect the quality of the product.
System Function
Usability
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