8 - Design processes - Planning

Question 1

What should a planning timeline include?

Answer 1

Main stages, dates, space for notes

Question 2

What 4 things does planning in commercial manufacture consist of?

Answer 2

• Consideration of stages. For example, making sub-assemblies prior to the final assembly
• Timing of operations and the sequence in which they occur in
• Graphical methods such as Critical Path Analysis can be used to help to plan production
• Flow charts can be used to plan efficient production operations and timing