Design for production

This paper underlines the designer´s personal responsibility for his design, and the need for him to establish a good working relationship with many experts. It suggests that modern electronic design is dominated by complex production processes and integrated assemblies, and reviews the implications of this on the design task. It urges the designer to become familiar with the engineering implications of elemental assembly operations, and tailor his design to suit the particular degree of automation existing in his factory. The integrated nature of equipment assembly and testing is considered and a distinction specifically made between design proving and production testing. Some factors affecting the length of time taken for design are discussed, and the specification of Quality is considered. Production training policy for designers is outlined and the need to integrate design and production engineering is emphasized. The various aspects of a designer´s Code of Practice for the part of his task that is concerned with production are brought out in the course of the paper and summarized in Appendix 2.