Stages of production must:

• meet design requirements, product specifications and standards
• be manufactured by the most environmentally friendly and economical methods
• quality must be built in at every stage from design through to assembly, instead of only testing upon completion
• be competitive, production methods must be flexible so that responses can be made to market demand, product types, quantity and rate of production requirements
• new developments in materials, production methods and computer aided manufacture must be evaluated and implemented as deemed appropriate
• a manufacturing organisation is a large and complex system that requires feedback from all levels to ensure optimum use of all its materials, machines, energy, capital, labour and technology resources

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• Dimensional
• Overview of basic design and interpretation of an engineering drawing
• An introduction to datum
• An introduction to geometric tolerancing
• An introduction to the designer's role when designing a component
• An introduction to the manufacturer's role when designing a component
• An introduction to the inspector's role when designing a component