Now that we were able to identify most of the design transfer challenges, I believe that it will be a good idea to ask ourselves how can we avoid design transfer failures due to the challenges listed above.
One of the tips for a successful design transfer is to:
– Hire more project managers
– Implement a technical solution to manage tasks, workloads and data
– Increase R&D budget to produce more complete prototypes
– Increase staff for planning validation purposes
– Increase operations capacity through added hardware
– Spend more to train current staff
– Invest in a redesign of the current process to become more efficient
All of these points will require the allocation of more money to ensure a successful design transfer. Any comments?