04.Concept Generation

CONCEPT 01 CONCEPT 02 CONCEPT 03 CONCEPT 04 CONCEPT 05

For CONCEPT 01

Table 1: Pugh Chart – Fruit Chopping Machine

Evaluation Criteria	Weight	Manual Press	Motorized Press	Screw-Feed Chopper	Sliding-Blade Chopper
Cutting Uniformity	5	0	+	+	+
Ease of Operation	5	0	+	+	0
Safety	5	0	-	0	-
Low Manufacturing Cost	4	0	-	-	+
Portability	3	0	-	-	+
Ease of Cleaning	4	0	0	-	+
Low Power Consumption	3	0	-	-	0
Compact Design	3	0	0	-	+
Ease of Maintenance	3	0	-	-	0
Reduced Manual Effort	5	0	+	+	0
Total (+)	-	0	15	15	19
Total (-)	-	0	18	20	5
Net Score	-	0	-3	-5	14

For CONCEPT 02

Table 2: Pugh Chart – Fruit Chopping Machine

Evaluation criteria	Weight	Manual Press	Motorized Press	Screw Feed Chopper	Sliding Blade Chopper
Cutting uniformly	5	0	++	+	+
Ease of operation	5	0	+	-	0
Safety	5	0	-	-	0
Low manufacturing cost	4	0	-	+	0
Portability	3	0	+	+	-
Ease of cleaning	4	0	0	-	+
Low power consumption	3	0	-	+	+
Compact design	3	0	+	0	-
Ease of maintenance	3	0	-	0	-
Reduced manual effort	3	0	+	+	0
Total(+)		0	25	15	12
Total(-)		0	15	17	9
Net score		0	10	-2	3

For CONCEPT 03

Table 3: Pugh Chart – Fruit Chopping Machine

Evaluation Criteria	Weights	Manual Press (Datum)	Motorized Press	Screw-Feed Chopper	Sliding-Blade Chopper
Cutting Uniformity	5	0	+	-	+
Ease of Operation	5	0	+	0	+
Safety	5	0	-	0	-
Low Manufacturing Cost	4	0	-	-	+
Portability	3	0	-	-	+
Ease of Cleaning	4	0	0	-	+
Low Power Consumption	3	0	-	-	0
Compact Design	3	0	0	-	+
Ease of Maintenance	3	0	-	-	0
Reduced Manual Effort	5	0	+	+	+
Total (+)	-	0	15	5	29
Total (-)	-	0	18	25	5
Net Score (+ − −)	-	0	-3	-20	24

For CONCEPT 04

Table 4: Pugh Chart – Fruit Chopping Machine

Evaluation Criteria	Weights	Manual Press (Datum)	Motorized Press	Screw-Feed Chopper	Sliding-Blade Chopper
Cutting Uniformity	5	0	+	0	+
Ease of Operation	5	0	-	+	-
Safety	5	0	-	0	-
Low Manufacturing Cost	4	0	0	-	+
Portability	3	0	-	-	+
Ease of Cleaning	4	0	0	-	-
Low Power Consumption	3	0	-	0	+
Compact Design	3	0	0	-	0
Ease of Maintenance	3	0	-	0	-
Reduced Manual Effort	5	0	+	+	+
Total (+)	-	0	10	10	20
Total (-)	-	0	19	14	17
Net Score (+ − −)	-	0	-9	-4	3

For CONCEPT 05

Table 5: Pugh Chart – Fruit Chopping Machine

Evaluation Criteria	Weights	Manual Press (Datum)	Motorized Press	Screw-Feed chopper	Sliding-blade chopper
Cutting uniformity	5	0	+	0	-
Ease of operation	5	0	+	-	+
Safety	5	0	0	-	0
Low manufacturing cost	4	0	-	+	+
Portability	3	0	+	+	+
Ease of cleaning	4	0	0	0	0
Low power consumption	3	0	-	0	-
Compact design	3	0	-	-	0
Ease of maintenance	3	0	0	0	+
Reduced manual effort	5	0	+	-	+
Total (+)			17	7	15
Total (-)			23	18	13
Net score (+,-)			-6	-11	2