“A designer’s primary objective is to design a functioning product within given economic and schedule constraints. However, research has shown that decisions made during the design period determine 70% of the product’s costs while decisions made during production only account for 20% of the product’s costs.
Further, decisions made in the first 5% of product design could determine the vast majority of the product’s cost, quality and manufacturability characteristics. This indicates the great leverage that Design for Manufacturability (DFM) can have on a company’s success and profitability.”
by Kenneth Crow, www.npd-solutions.com
In our experience early collaboration with designers is the best insurance to avoiding major pitfalls in the prototyping and die cast production process. As noted in the paragraph above early decisions can make or break your project. Talk to us early on and gain peace of mind.