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    • Sustainability
      • The 6 R's
        • Rethink
        • Reuse
        • Repair
        • Refuse
        • Reduce
        • Recycle
      • How would it last a long time?
    • Consumer / User
      • Their views taken into account?
        • Customers feedback
        • Specifications met
      • Is the user getting what they paid for?
        • Cost
      • Aimed at appropriate users?
        • Friendly age
    • Client
      • Design and make with the client's ideas in mind
        • Specifications
        • Size and weight
      • Design product around what your client wants
        • Cost effective
        • Quality vs. price
        • Safe and easy to use
        • The right client for the specific product?
    • Commercial Production
      • Mass production
        • Making rigs to work quickly
      • Methods
        • Just in time
        • Flow production
        • Batch production
        • Mass production
    • Safety
      • Instructions
        • Permission to use tools?
        • knowledge
      • Procedures
        • PAT test
      • Surroundings
        • Obstructions
        • Tidiness
        • Awareness
        • Storage
      • Hazards
        • Heat
          • Heat sink
        • Electrical
          • Insulation
        • Fire
    • Target Market
      • Age range
        • Old
        • Young
      • Focus
        • Business
        • Games
        • Where it is used?
        • Sports
    • Quality Assurance
      • Check products after each stage of assembly
      • Check each component is working before placing them in your project
      • Double check all measurements
      • Ensure materials are durable
    • Quality control
      • Checking final product with consumers
        • Take into account the consumers advice
      • Precision in manufacture
        • Finishing product is safe and precise
      • Testing components every so often
      • Top grade material
    • Moral issues
      • Should we use materials that are made in countries which use child labour?
      • Harmful chemicals used in the making of materials
      • How will the materials be recycled later?
    • Materials
      • Source of materials
      • Cost
      • Joints
        • Screws
        • Nails
        • Adhesives
      • Woods
        • Soft / Hard
        • CAD
          • Boxford
      • Plastics
    • components
      • Power source
        • Batteries
        • Mains output
        • Voltage regulator
      • Input
        • Switches
        • LDR
      • Process
        • Analogue / Digital
        • Mechanisms
          • Cams
          • Pully
    • Similar products
      • Influencing original ideas
      • Relating similar product for giving examples to clients
      • Is this product better than something similar?
    • Social issues
      • Safe for young children?
      • Economy support level
      • Pollution
      • Does not harm wildlife
      • Keep waste low
    • Cost
      • Is the price of the material reasonable?
      • Price vs. Quality
      • Make a budget for materials
      • Energy costs
        • Batteries
      • Equipment
        • Resources
        • Tools
    • Tooling availability
      • Workshop accessable
      • Electric & manual tools
        • CAD
    • Environmental issues
      • Pollution
      • Natural resources
      • Recyclable

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