Design Technology | RMT / Product Design
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Planning
You have to be able to show the production method for not only your Best Idea but for all your experimental work. Planning for your best idea should show each of the following clearly in your folder.
Outline the main production This is basically how you are to go about making your product. It is basically like a recipe. You need the outline method, this can be backed up by photographic evidence of you making the product.
You must say your ingredient list and equipment list. For your equipment list you must give reasons for your choice of equipment.
GANTT Chart Gantt charts are a useful tools for planning and analysising complex projects. They help you use your time effectively, give you schedule for completing tasks, and help monitor whether your project is going to plan. See links for how to produce a Gannt chart.
Proposed Industrial Production Plans You must consider how your product would be made under Industrial Production settings. This includes discussing whether it would be made through one-off, mass, batch, flow production and looking at the input, process, output systems.