The current state of manufacturing is complicated to say the least, with supply chain issues involving raw materials and electrical components hitting several markets hard. Even with wide-ranging effort, there is a chance this will last at least to the end of 2022.
These issues push all levels of the manufacturing process to demand higher flexibility in every step of the life cycle of a new product—from conceptualization to commercialization—in order to achieve results. This flexibility can often bring the risk of cutting corners whenever possible, including but not limited to waiving the validation of the design for manufacturing or the rapid prototyping of sample products.