Client Specification

Time scale: Client dependent.
Written statement by client's requirement.
Technical specifications

Proposal

Time scale: < 1 week
Schedule of deliverables and payments, fixed for feasibility study and subject to review for further phases.

Client Purchase Order

Time scale: Client dependent.
Deliverables: purchase order from client. Order acknowledgement.

Feasibility Study

Time scale: up to one or two weeks.
dependent on Project
Report outlining different options and concepts including features cost benefits and lead time consequences

Prototype Developement

Time scale: dependent on Project, two weeks ...up.
circuit schematics, components stress calculations, component selection.
PCB layout, Bill of materials, component procurement, assembly drawings.

Production Samples

Time scale: three to eight weeks, dependent on Project and on the use of optional "quick-service" at higher costs
Deliverables: production samples, test report, documetation package & product report.

Design Review

Time scale: dependent on Client
only necessary if specification is changed by the client
Design reviews resulting form sample test results are included in the time scale covered under "Production Samples"

Production Preseries

Product Management

Series Production