This article originally appeared in DesignNews on October 18, 2022.

This article touches on how successful products are manufactured and why they are manufactured the way they are. Read the full article to learn how to select the most appropriate manufacturing processes for your project.

Senior Mechanical Engineer Adam Smith is working with DesignNews to produce a six-part series titled “Mechanical Engineering Perspectives for Efficient, Integrated Commercial Product Design.”

In this series, Adam shares insights and tips on how mechanical engineering supports the transformation of product ideas into reality by working in sync with all disciplines throughout product development.

Here is an excerpt from part three:

There is a tendency to rush to market. We are all so focused on the project schedule and completing the design for release to manufacturing that we lose sight of the actual goal, which should be a successful product. As soon as there is a minimum viable product, that product gets pushed to the masses, creating a worldwide beta program. Launching too early without a proper design for manufacturing and design for assembly effort can lead to unforeseen issues and hidden costs that outweigh the would-have-been costs of the DFM/DFA efforts.

Learn how you can lower product costs, mitigate failures, and improve performance and aesthetics in your next project with these tips from Adam in the full article on DesignNews.

For other installments in this series, please see Mechanical Engineering Perspectives, Part 1: Material Costs, Function, & Durability, and Mechanical Engineering Perspectives, Part 2: Creative Design Tweaks to Manage Speed, Cost, & Function.

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