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Electronics Manufacturing – M528
Design principles
Maintain independence of functional requirements.
- Modular design
- More choice of materials
- More choice of processing
- Reduce critical failures
- Easier upgrades
- Easier maintenance
- More functional options
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Minimize information content of the design.
- Mass market
- Minimise errors
- Easier to sell
- Flexible for embedded use
Delay product customization steps.
- More flexibility for mass market
- Reduce response time for custom changes
- Reduce impact of changes in different markets
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"Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler."
– Albert Einstein
- KISS – Keep it simple
- MISS – Make it simple
