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Product Industrialization

Industrialization is…

setting up the production infrastructure, processes and equipment to enable the successful launch of a new product concept and turning it into a production stable product.

While industrialization is commonly viewed as the back end of the product development life cycle, it needs to start at the same time as the design.

 

 

Product industrialization tasks include:

Supply chain development

· Optimize the design for the supply chain

· Generate a clean BOM (Bill of Materials) / AVL (Approved Vendor List)

· Set up supply chain, including key vendors and manufacturers

Production test development

· Generate the test strategy and plan,

· Develop test processes, fixtures, equipment and software

· Transfer test systems and processes to the factory floor

Process development

· Set up manufacturing processes

· Manage tool design, manufacture and validation

· Design and build custom manufacturing fixtures and equipment

· Manage prototype and pre-production runs with post-build analysis for yield improvement

Design Validation Testing

· Establish design validation test plan

· Manage design validation and regulatory testing

 

Industrialization—the oft neglected step-cousin of design and manufacturing

This is not as easy as it sounds, and it doesn’t sound easy