| ign="center"> | | | | who would like to come up with a scaled down |
| A business or even an independent individual test | | | | version of a product before mass producing it. |
| plans to see if the endeavor that they would be | | | | With rapid prototyping, a client is able to test and |
| undertaking is viable. An independent individual | | | | retest as well as make the necessary changes |
| recalls and reviews his experiences to determine | | | | without having to waste time and other |
| whether his future action would be positive or a | | | | resources. |
| tragedy. Men easily think that an expensive | | | | Let’s take for example the creation of |
| diamond ring would work when planning to | | | | mobile phones. To create a new model of a |
| propose to a girlfriend because it worked many | | | | mobile phone, the design person would need to |
| times before to other people. | | | | come up with a prototype that shows how it |
| A business enterprise runs trial-and-errors to see | | | | would look like when produced. The phone's body |
| if a certain product would sell or a certain | | | | should be colored and shaped first according to its |
| construction would not collapse. However, it would | | | | function, second according to its market. rapid, |
| be very costly if they would closely simulate the | | | | Rapid tooling allows the design person to have the |
| outcome just to see if they would succeed or | | | | mobile phone in different color combinations as |
| not. That is why many companies include in their | | | | well as different designs without really having to |
| standard operating planning procedure the creation | | | | spend on producing an actual fully functioning |
| of a prototype. | | | | phone each time. |
| There are companies that profit from prototyping | | | | Although rapid, rapid tooling is just one part of |
| as its core business. Usually, those businesses are | | | | finalizing a design, it should be monitored from the |
| middle entities mediating between a client and | | | | beginning to end. Since it makes use of high speed |
| their suppliers. They take advantage of off | | | | machines, and since someone still has to |
| shoring, a new business concept where they | | | | constantly check the quality of the prototypes |
| scout and buy cheaper resources overseas to | | | | before doing actual manufacturing of the item, |
| make their projects more feasible allowing them | | | | repeated prototyping can still be considered as a |
| to take advantage of rapid prototyping. | | | | waste of time. |
| Prototyping rapid is made use of by companies | | | | |