BEST PRACTICE KEY CONCEPTS

• Cost requirements drive many products.
• The cost of machined parts is a function of their size, tolerances, and the number to be produced.
• Injection molded part cost is tied to the complexity of the mold.
• Regardless of the manufacturing process, the cost usually decreases with volume, asymptotically approaching a fixed value.
• The cost of additive-manufactured components is generally not very dependent on the quantity.
• The cost of PCBs depends on the size, the number of layers, and the components.
• The cost of code depends on its function or the number of lines of code.