I saw a comment posted a while ago asking if it is necessary to consider Design for Manufacture when in the early stages of design ….. absolutely! The design itself and the manufacturing technique are so intertwined that to design without manufacture in mind will likely lead to parts that cannot be made within cost targets. It is
We are occasionally asked to support start-ups and new customers to develop products from “scratch” and at some point it will be necessary to know how long our mechanical part of the product development will take so that programme plans can be drawn-up. This article provides an illustration, based on our experiences of projects in the past. Of course, no one schedule