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By CheerTone | 17 October 2023 | 0 Comments

The Engineering Department–The Core Department of Electronic Toy Manufacturers

Generally, a professional and powerful children’s toy manufacturer will ensure it has a powerful engineering department, this is the core department and key to its success. This department can not only turn a customer’s ideas into reality and realize amazing functions for products, but it also masters the integral technologies of items so as to provide competitive finished products to manufacturers. The engineering department is the birthplace of products and a strong backing support for the manufacturers. This written piece today will take a look at what the engineering department is usually responsible for in regards to products, as well as how they manage to take ideas and design them into products!

Observe the picture below to witness the engineering process in detail:

As can be seen, the first step is for the customer to provide their idea or requirement for product creation/customization. Then, the engineering department will evaluate the product proposed by the customer and after conducting this research will build a model of what the product will look like via 3D modeling. In the process of building this model, the engineer will consider whether the product can have features such as being anti-fall, anti-vibration, and other factors. After all, with children’s electronic toys the main audience is younger children. Therefore, in the design process, it is important to take into account that this product can withstand being dropped and will not break. Which parts need special attention to avoid being accidentally swallowed must be examined as well, as if a product breaks and has little sharp pieces from breaking that is a hazard. It must not occur.

After the model of potential appearance is designed, it is sent to the customer for confirmation. Once the customer confirms it is correct, the time comes to design the circuit board configuration according to the size of the product model and its capacity of the built-in functional software. In the circuit board design process, it is also necessary to consider what the restrictions may be in a country where the product is imported. This is due to how some importing countries have certain strict requirements for the current, decibel, frequency, and adapter of some electronic products. For example, the adapter for a home games console will need to have the correct plug–such as how an adapter exported to the United States must have a US plug and one exported to France need an EU plug, while one sent to the United Kingdom requires a UK plug! Due to how different countries have differing requirements for products, these product differences should always be considered during the design process. Should these differences not be considered it can result in many problems later on that can complicate and delay the production process.

To give another example, in China one would find that the volume of a mobile phone is usually very loud, but that is not the case in the United States and Europe. There the decibel level must be strictly controlled so as to avoid noise pollution caused by excessive noise. That is just one example of why designers need to pay attention to these key details to ensure they meet the customer’s needs. A well-developed and skilled engineering department is able to be sure a customer is satisfied, and knows it needs to research all the important aspects of import and export laws as well as general concerns when it comes to where a product will be sold. Should these concerns not be thought of or be ignored it can lead to many problems later when a product may not be accepted at its destination–should it not meet the needed requirements. It is very important to be observant of needs and requirements early in the production process!

Generally, engineers develop and design software at the same time as they are designing the exterior models. This part of the software design also tests the strength of the engineering department. Engineers work to arrange and design the software according to a customer’s requirements or materials. In general ODM projects, the software design of products needs to be redesigned. Throughout this process, engineers need to arrange the functional codes of products and constantly check the vulnerabilities within the software. Should a crash or language switching error occur, it can affect the quality of the product and negatively impact the consumer’s experience, so engineers always need to continue to optimize and repair a product until the software functions meet the requirements of customers.

After all the details of the product have been designed, the engineering department will hand things over to the production department to produce the hand sample. Once the hand plate sample is finished, the engineering department and the quality department confirm the quality of the sample through a series of tests. These tests include the aging test, drop test, salt spray test, tensile test, and the torque test. Should there be an issue during a test, the quality department then needs to submit feedback to the engineering department to modify the design until there are no more issues when testing the product. From a product being an idea all the way to its final product presentation, the entire process has a number of steps.

Throughout this whole process, the engineering department works closely with the client to ensure they are satisfied during every step of the way. From the initial idea stage, all the way to when mass production happens the engineering department is incredibly important and does a lot to ensure a client is satisfied with the inception of the product and the final completed product. Clearly, engineering is the heart of the production process and the fact it is so important illustrates why the engineering department does so much for a client and needs to be full of expert workers. Skilled workers will result in faster production and a higher quality product, which is key to a happy client.

After the hand samples have been confirmed by the customer at that point mass production can be carried out. At this time, the engineering department needs to be sure to coordinate with the production department so as to provide the production department with SOP. This is the production operation instruction of the product. The engineering department should ensure the construction of the product is done properly, from the welding of the circuit board to product assembly during the production process. It is important to survey and instruct everyone as that is conducive to improving the production quality of the product and production efficiency of workers.

An engineering department that is not skilled is a big liability for a company. When an engineering department is not optimized it can struggle to create high-quality products for clients, and this disappoints clients. This is why it is always incredibly important for an engineering department to have highly skilled workers who are dedicated to helping ensure a client is 100% satisfied with a product from the idea stage to the mass production stage. The engineering department must be strong or everything else suffers, that is why a high-quality engineering department is so integral to success. Having a fantastic engineering department results in a very happy and pleased client because the engineering department is so necessary for success.

The engineering department is the core and soul of a manufacturer. This is important because as long as you have good products you will attract good buyers! When a buyer can be impressed they will want a product that they know will satisfy their customers. Should you be a buyer, and if you need OEM&ODM products, you know you need a professional manufacturer who has experience with design and engineering in their departments. This can shorten the delivery time of a product and also improves the production quality of a product. It should be repeated because it is so important: the shorter a client has to wait for their delivery time and the better the product’s quality, the more satisfied a customer will be when their consumers are satisfied with their amazing product!

Now that you have read this whole article you have hopefully learned more about the responsibilities of the engineering department. You should have a better understanding of product development as well. Plus, you now most likely understand how the engineering department is the core aspect of a manufacturer. A skilled and expert engineering department is without a doubt the lifeblood of a factory. Having a fantastic engineering department is what is necessary to ensure a client is satisfied, clearly. It is important to choose a factory that is proud of how skilled their engineering department is and has buyers who always admire their expertise and skill. This will result in customers who keep returning as clients when they need assistance with the designing of a product because they know the company they choose to keep coming back to has a fantastic engineering department.

 

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