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- Procurement technology stack
- DFM mistakes
- Design for Manufacture
- Manufacturing constraints for designers
- Prototyping importance
- Designer manufacturing guide
- Reducing production costs
- Simplifying product design
- Total Cost of Ownership
- TCO procurement
- hidden procurement costs
- lowest bid vs value
- ESG supplier compliance
- quality fade
