Graeme Britton (DEng., PhD., BE.(hons), [...], FIMechE, [...]) is Professor and Vice President of Vocational and Technical Education at Raffles University System, a unit of Raffles Education Corporation, Singapore. He has been involved in improving the manufacturing effectiveness of SME's since the 1970's. He is an expert in the design of management and computer-aided systems for engineering companies using systems methodologies and General Graph Theoretic Methods. He has published over a 100 refereed articles on CAD, CAM, CAPP, and manufacturing systems. Graeme has over 30 years experience conducting applied research in industry, including company-specific projects, national projects, and international collaborative research projects. His current research interests are sustainable development and the education and training of engineers.

Seppa Torvinen is a Professor of Production Engineering at Tampere University of Technology, Finland. His areas of interest and expertise are Production Systems Design, Demand Driven Supply Networks, Industrial information systems, Sustainability and Socio­ technical Systems Design.

Foundation. Introduction. Designing System Architectures. Product Design. Manufacturing System Design. Context. Ethics. Aesthetic Context. Social Context. Technological Context. Environmental Context. Economic and Political Context. Synthesis - Technologies. Lifecycle Analysis. Product and Manufacturing System Architecture Integration. Modular Configuration. Synthesis - People. Organising People for Manufacturing. Organising People for Design. Design Management. Glossary of Terms. Appendices.