Manufacturing is a process in which a final product is created from input materials or resources.
Your product should go through careful development, thorough prototyping and testing before actual production begins. If you skip these stages, you are setting yourself up for problems in the future.
The most commonly used types of production today:
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Serial - produces a series of exactly the same products
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Large series - hundreds or thousands of products in a series
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Small series - smaller number of pieces in a series
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Custom - individual and often unique custom-made products
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On demand - responds flexibly to changes in the required volume and the product itself
Large series vs. small batch production
The advantage of large-scale production is the high volume of manufactured products and the optimization of the production process. The big disadvantage is the high initial cost.
Small-scale production requires much smaller initial investments and is much more flexible at the same time. It will enable you to respond more quickly to market demands.
Modern trends in production
Today's trends in production are characterized by the decentralization of production and the use of local production is related to this. The ability of production to react flexibly and, if necessary, to change the design or construction of the product is increasingly important.
3D printing, whose technical and technological limitations are gradually being overcome, will help you successfully with this today. The result is cheaper and more flexible production using 3D printers.