Adrian and Renaud discuss how to plan for the handover of your innovative new product to manufacturing (with a focus on hard goods with mechanical elements and some electronic/electrical parts). Product handover should be a structured process of actions taken mainly before the manufacturer gets involved to ensure a smooth transition from you to them so the product ends up being made to your specifications and requirements and the risks of issues before product launch are minimized.
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Show Sections
00:00 - Greetings and introduction
00:50 - Who needs to hand over their product to a manufacturer and why?
04:22 - The WRONG way to hand over to the manufacturer.
09:57 - Questions about the product that need to be answered.
12:55 - Who will do the DFM?
15:32 - What can happen if you just throw designs over the wall to a manufacturer without doing a DFM review?
18:15 - Handover best practices.
35:14 - When is the handover complete?
37:59 - Wrapping up.
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