Factory Tours
We recommend visiting real factories and have your own observations of processes (go to ‘Gemba -the place where the value is added-), but if far or not available to you, use these videos & articles.
Please suggest technical links or provide info on how to visit your own factory or process in the “Events” section.
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Most Used 99 Acronyms in Product Design, R&D and Manufacturing
A Must Know. Acronyms are used everywhere in technical publications and it is useful to regroup the ones specific to Product Design, R&D, and...
99 Design Review Checklist Cheat-Sheet
This extensive design review checklist is to be used at the end of the design phase of any product, to avoid potentially basic or...
Forms Follow Function … in Product Design Especially
"Forms Follow Function" is an old key design concept that started in architecture in the mid of the XX's. Modern product design so as...
Less Is More. Why You Want To Design Simple
"Complexity is your enemy. Any fool can make something complicated. It is hard to make something simple."
Richard Branson So let's Design Simple and here is...
3 Great Benefits of Color Coding in Product Design
Product designers and marketers can use color coding for 3 reasons: to convey a message, to convey a feeling, or to easily distinguish between...
Gas Cylinder Manufacture
Made by extruding metal dies, either by cold or hot forming, the gas cylinders initially made of steel, are now made also in aluminum...