The aim of this series of papers on design for manufacture is to identify the current position in the development and exploitation of techniques and help point to the areas where further work is needed. In this general overview to the issue, the problems of designing for manufacture are introduced and the issues of training, methodical design procedures and computer integration are also touched on.
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