1) ESI (Earlier Supplier Involvement early participation of suppliers): This stage is mainly technical discussions between customers and suppliers on product design and mold development. The main purpose is to enable suppliers to clearly understand the product. The designer's design intent and accuracy requirements also allow the product designer to better understand the capabilities of the mold production and the product's process performance in order 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)