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Concept
Refinement Phase
What
Should the Product Be?
In the concept refinement phase, the customer and project team explore
specific concepts in greater depth to decide what the product should
be. Based on content from the initial concept study, designers perform
critical checks between the customer requirements, product
architecture and implementation plans.
Concept
Refinement Deliverables
Final product specification
Preliminary bill of materials
Development costs and schedule
Supply chain and logistics plan
Initial test, QA and production plans
Resource assessment
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Industrial designers work to synthesize known data to generate
and refine product concept alternatives.
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Proof-of-concept models are developed using foam models and 3-D
images.
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Electrical and mechanical engineers define final product
architecture, develop the specifications and layout placement
and generate bill of materials. The supply chain is analyzed to
ensure that components selected have a stable, known supply
source and are cost competitive.
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And,
with Topscom manufacturing, our engineers ensure that the conceptual
design can be implemented in manufacturing. They assess resources
required and start planning for the production process, as required,
including advanced process technology, failure mode effects analysis (FMEA),
test, logistics, and supply chain
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