Manufacturing
Preliminary / planning-support manufacturing engineering: process & route selection, DFM / DFA review, production-readiness checklists, fabrication workflow plans, quality / inspection plans, and takt / throughput framing. PRELIMINARY ONLY — not a substitute for a licensed manufacturing engineer, CAM / CNC programming, process qualification, or first-article inspection.
Process / Route Selection
StandardScore candidate manufacturing processes (CNC machining, injection moulding, casting, sheet-metal, extrusion, additive, forging) against geometry, material, volume, tolerance, finish, and project priority. Directional ranking — not a CAM / qualification decision.
⏱ 3-6 minutes
DFM / DFA Review
StandardFeature-level design-for-manufacture rules (holes, threads, pockets, thin-wall, undercuts, fillets, draft, tolerance, finish, asymmetry) plus a Boothroyd-inspired DFA part-count heuristic. Pre-screen only — not a tolerance-chain or GD&T compliance analysis.
⏱ 3-6 minutes
Production Readiness Checklist
StandardStage-aware (prototype / pilot / early / full production) checklist across engineering / quality / supply / operations / logistics with must-have vs should-have flags. Supporting artifact — not a PPAP / APQP signoff.
⏱ 3-6 minutes
Fabrication Workflow Plan
StandardOperation sequence with batch cycle time, bottleneck identification, precedence validation, and QC-gate presence check. Line-of-balance sketch — not a discrete-event simulation.
⏱ 3-6 minutes
Quality / Inspection Plan
StandardPer-characteristic inspection frequency and method by criticality (critical=100% / major=AQL / minor=reduced) and type (dimensional / geometric / surface / functional / material). Draft — not a control plan or PPAP.
⏱ 3-6 minutes
Takt / Throughput Framing
StandardTakt calculation, OEE (availability × performance × quality) framing, effective takt, and minimum station count from cycle-time totals. Framing only — not a line-balancing optimiser.
⏱ 3-6 minutes