1) ESI (Earlier Supplier Involvement): This stage is mainly a technical discussion between the customer and the supplier on product design and mold development. The main purpose is to enable the supplier to clearly understand the product. The designer's design intent and accuracy requirements also allow the product designer to better understand the ability of the mold to produce, the product's process performance, and to make a more rational design.
2) Quotation: Including the price of the mold, the life of the mold, the turnover process, the tonnage required by the machine, and the delivery date of the mold. (More detailed quotes should include information such as product size weight, mold size weight, etc.)
3) Purchase Order: Customer orders, deposits, and acceptance of supplier orders.
4) Production Planning and Schedule Arrangement: This stage needs to reply to the customer on the specific date of delivery of the mold.
5) Mold Design: Possible design software includes Pro/Engineer, UG, Solidworks, AutoCAD, CATIA, etc.
6) Purchasing materials
7) Machining: The processes involved include: car, boring (milling), heat treatment, grinding, CNC, EDM, WEDM, and JIG GRINGING. Laser engraving, polishing, etc.
8) Assembly
9) Trial Run
10) Sample Evaluation Report (SER)
11) Sample evaluation report approval (SER Approval)