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Benchmarking
RIT-KGCOE
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
