This blog post may be a little less exciting than the last two; but it’s essential! Today I’m going to talk about Bills of Material(s), more commonly...
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Dragon Innovation Presents: The Halloween Candy Robot
I love to build things, especially robots. Much of my day job at Dragon Innovation is focused on helping other companies build complex, high volume c...
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New In Product Planner: The Issues Report
Introduction and Background Every team starts off with a Bill Of Materials (BOM) in a spreadsheet. Whenever there's a heavy reliance on custom spread...
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Building 2000 Units of a Product, Part 3: Final Assembly
In the third and final article from guest Elaine Chen's multi-part series, we explore final assembly strategies for building 2000 units, the “uncanny ...
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Building 2000 Units of a Product, Part 2: Sourcing Custom Parts
In the second of a multi-part guest series from Elaine Chen, we explore sourcing strategies for building 2000 units, the “uncanny valley” of consumer ...
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Building 2000 Units of a Product, Part 1: Sourcing COTS Parts
In the first of a multi-part guest series by Elaine Chen, we explore sourcing components for building 2000 units of a product. These posts are meant f...
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Manufacturing heads for the cloud -- and your city
The following piece: Manufacturing heads for the cloud -- and your city, authored by Mark Muro, originally appeared on Brookings with a follow-up piec...
