The phenomena of developing a device, system or an assembly, which can be developed as a product for sale via some production manufacturing process is known as Product Engineering. Transferring the product to the manufacturer after the design and development of the product is complete is meant as the part of product engineering. In this era of technology, buyers are asking for latest technologies and therefore product engineering services is an essential part of IT companies.
For IT companies, it is very important to make innovative changes in their working to maintain a position in the completion with the IT companies. Any IT company’s main aim would be to develop a product, which is low in cost and work according to the latest technology.
Embedded product development services are responsible for preparing a design for the product before its manufacturing. To design an embedded product trained engineers, latest tools and equipment, and support services are required. Embedded designs are mechanical design, system architecture, board and firmware architecture, validation, pilot production and so on.
Every company has their own way of working and hence solutions for product engineering are different for every company. But, here some common product engineering solutions are being described.
- Integrated product solutions – IT companies are always keen to produce items or products, which raise the level of intelligence. Under this category, products which are capable of data communications and control communications and are also able to communicate with other devices as well.
- Engineering and manufacturing process solutions – Under this solution, the aspects of engineering, IT and automation are brought together to develop a solution which can enable a combination of processes in the environment of field and plant.
- Business technology solutions – Under this solution, the company’s applications are transformed according to the latest technologies and business models. User interfaces are designed in such a way so that they become device friendly. A latest Combination of testing practices and development are prepared.
- Infrastructure solutions – IT companies always want to develop a device, which can be used anywhere and at any time. The infrastructure of the device is prepared in a way that is easily accessible with any suitable device.
- E-learning solutions – Some products, which are helpful in the assessment and the learning process of students are the main focus these days because it transforms the conventional methods of education into technical methods.
There are many other product engineering solutions but these remain the basic ones. The product, which has to be produced is first developed by an engineer who understands the need and technicalities of the product. Such product can be a new one or a new model for an old product. Mechanical designs are created and scale models are tested after the creation. After all these things, production design and blueprint are developed. For all the specifications of the product in which an embedded device has to be used, the dimensions, the name of the product and functions of that product are all described. Once all these things are done, a product engineer transfers these information to the process engineer for further work.