The design of wire harnesses involves a multi-disciplinary process with various inputs that results in a design that is ready for the wire harness manufacturing stage. The wire harness product lifecycle starts at the design stage and proceeds to development, testing, prototyping, manufacturing, and finally a product placed on the market. At Custom Contract Manufacturing, we have a thorough understanding of how to manage the wire harness product lifecycle and produce an exceptional wire harness end product for our customers.
Wire Harness Product Life Cycle Management
A wire harness lifecycle management solution spans many stages of product development, from product idea inception to design, analysis, manufacturing, service lifespan, and disposing of the product at the end of its service life. Such a solution enables mechanical and electrical design teams to work together on aspects of the design and produce accurate and comprehensive digital models that include both electrical and mechanical system features.
Save Money and Reduce Time to Market
These digital mockups avoid the requirement for costly physical prototypes. A wire harness lifecycle management solution can also include configuration management, workflow management, manufacturing management, and change control capabilities, reducing development costs and speeding up the time-to-market.
Minimize Rework and Meet Development Schedules
An effective wire harness lifecycle management solution allows design teams to minimize any rework of wire harness designs and keep development schedules on track, ensuring timely wire harness manufacturing. With this approach, design teams can divide the product into various operational systems that are easy to implement and manage.
There are various products on the market that require direct connection between one hardware device to another or between their own internal components. In order to achieve these connections and also maintain quality, control costs, preserve development schedules, and ensure product reliability, manufacturers must manage a wire harness lifecycle that is integrated with the mechanical and electronic phases of the design process.
Managing the product lifecycle of a wire harness involves setting up efficient workflows and modification processes that optimize design productivity and keep the design time of a completely verified wire harness to a minimum. An effective process of wire harness product lifecycle management involves the easy identification of changes in the wire harness, what changes need to be added, and any components that may be affected by any changes.
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