A - Design. In an engineering works this will be in the form of drawings and specifications. Before these reach their final form, several prototypes may be made and tested and the drawings revised a number of times. The designer will collaborate with the production engineer in order to ensure that the design can be manufactured satisfactorily and economically. However, whatever activities take place at the design stage they will end with a description, in the form of drawings and specifications, of the final product. This is a plan, and the subsequent production activity will be arranged to secure its fulfillment. leia todo o artigo
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