In today’s environment,manufacturing businesses are facing fierce competition and operating in changing markets. Customer demands for higher quality products at lower costs and shorter product lifecycles are putting extra pressure on the product introduction process. Cost and quality are essentially designed into products in the early stages of this process. The designer has the great responsibility of ensuring that the product will conform to customer requirements, comply with specification, and ensuring quality in every aspect of the product, including its manufacture and assembly, all within compressed time-scales | SECOND EDITION PROCESS SELECTION From Design to Manufacture 40 y K G SWIFT and J D BOOKER . . . . Process .
