Electronic Design Consoltation
Electronic Design Consoltation
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I am currently looking after the development of an engineering team in a fairly new medical design and manufacturing company. Included in my responsibilities are complete electrical/electronic design, production and assembly line setup, process and procedure creation, partial mechanical design, fixture design, standard compliances, and the list goes on and on as one could well imagine. Given that currently I am basically working as a one person team until we are able to bring some more people in to help out, I am being a little overwellmed with everything due to lack of experience in all of the different fields, and ultimatly a lack of time.
I have been looking for a good consulting firm to either review current design (mainly the electronic parts as I have found some firms that will review the mechanical designs), do full turn-key design, and/or provide design assistance to speed up the problem solving process.
Also, I found the following site, www.mandyservices.com. I was wondering if anybody had any experience dealing with either this company or a similar company. Even after speaking with representatives of this company, I am having trouble deciding if these types of services would be useful to me at this point in time. If there is anyone that would be able to provide me with some constructive comments, help, or advise that would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
I have been looking for a good consulting firm to either review current design (mainly the electronic parts as I have found some firms that will review the mechanical designs), do full turn-key design, and/or provide design assistance to speed up the problem solving process.
Also, I found the following site, www.mandyservices.com. I was wondering if anybody had any experience dealing with either this company or a similar company. Even after speaking with representatives of this company, I am having trouble deciding if these types of services would be useful to me at this point in time. If there is anyone that would be able to provide me with some constructive comments, help, or advise that would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!





RE: Electronic Design Consoltation
Design reviews are always a good idea. They often help a design mechanical, electrical, civil, doesn't matter. Having other people's experienced input can head off expensive mistakes. One problem though is with the reviewers trying to change the design. There are some who insist that their idea is the best and then try to force that on the design instead of admitting that there are multiple ways to achieve things and just confirming that something will work or pointing out possible pitfalls.
If you need to follow some sort of requirement like ISO9000 stuff then renting help can be a big help - bang for the buck.
Keith Cress
Flamin Systems, Inc.- http://www.flaminsystems.com
RE: Electronic Design Consoltation
Get copies of all medical standards that apply to the product that you intend to manufacture.
Read all the appliciable standards before designing anything.
RE: Electronic Design Consoltation
respectfully
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Any ideas on how to avoid people reviewing the design from "forcing" their own ideas into the design. I have dealt with these types of people in the past which is why I was hesitant to work with a consulting firm.
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Waross has a good idea in that you'll need these people specializing in the different aspects eventually anyways.