Process, development and certified manufacturing
Engineering is the improvement of technical solutions towards a design that meets the requirements and towards processes that can be applied in a controlled manner. Focus is on the production process, although the process always has a relationship with the design.
Some of the main aspects are understanding the process flow and the related risk assessment. It might be necessary to develop specific tools for production or to undertake experiments to fine tune the design. Suppliers need to be selected and released and contracts and quality management needs to be in place.
There is a lot of value in anticipating the supply chain in an early stages of development. Making a clear visual overview of the supply chain helps to understand the dependencies and risks. The various partners in a supply chain need to work in one well organized flow and logistics planning is of essential importance.