Manufacturing process should be part of design

“A well-designed product isn’t well designed if the process needed to manufacture it is unrealistic or uneconomical.”

Matthew Frederick 

A brilliantly conceived alternative-fuel vehicle will not succeed without the design and implementation of a refuelling infrastructure over a large geographic area. A cleverly resolved construction detail isn’t clever if it doesn’t leave room for a construction worker to manipulate the tools needed to construct it. A bridge pier that’s well engineered won’t be built without also engineering a process to excavate earth and pour concrete in the middle of a river.

Remember, there is often design besides the design and a well-designed product isn’t well designed if the process needed to manufacture it is unrealistic or uneconomical.

📚 Source: 101 Things I Learned® in Engineering School by John Kuprenas & Matthew Frederick

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