PRODUCT MANUFACTURING CHECKLIST
1. Pre-Production Planning
- Identify materials and components needed
- Establish performance criteria and standards
- Outline design features and dimensions
- Document regulatory and compliance requirements
- Gather input from stakeholders and customers
- Analyze target market demographics and trends
- Evaluate competitors and their offerings
- Conduct surveys and gather customer feedback
- Assess production capabilities and limitations
- Determine potential sales volume and pricing strategies
- Outline key phases of the production process
- Set realistic deadlines for each milestone
- Incorporate buffer times for unforeseen delays
- Use project management tools for tracking
- Communicate timeline to all team members
- Itemize all costs including materials, labor, and overhead
- Estimate potential expenses for marketing and distribution
- Include a contingency fund for unexpected costs
- Review budget with financial stakeholders
- Adjust as necessary based on feedback and projections
- Identify required skills and expertise for the project
- Select individuals based on qualifications and experience
- Define clear roles and responsibilities for each team member
- Establish communication channels within the team
- Schedule regular meetings to track progress
2. Design and Development
- Gather requirements and specifications.
- Sketch preliminary design ideas.
- Develop prototypes using appropriate materials.
- Incorporate user feedback in early prototypes.
- Ensure prototypes meet basic functionality.
- Collect feedback from stakeholders and users.
- Analyze feedback for common themes.
- Revise designs based on actionable insights.
- Create updated prototypes for additional testing.
- Document changes and rationale for future reference.
- Define criteria for validation and verification.
- Plan and execute test cases.
- Collect data on product performance.
- Compare results against design specifications.
- Identify and address any discrepancies.
- Integrate all finalized changes into the design.
- Create detailed technical drawings and specifications.
- Ensure compliance with industry standards.
- Review drawings with engineering team for accuracy.
- Prepare documentation for production handoff.
- List all components required for production.
- Include part numbers, descriptions, and quantities.
- Identify suppliers for each component.
- Ensure BOM aligns with finalized design.
- Review BOM for completeness and accuracy.
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