CUSTOM PRODUCTION AND PROTOTYPING
IN THE CURRENT ECONOMIC ENVIRONMENT, MANUFACTURING COMPANIES PUT INCREASING EMPHASIS ON PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT AS A CONSEQUENCE OF THE INTENSIFYING MARKET COMPETITION. THE COST OF PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT IS PRIMARILY DETERMINED BY ITS DURATION. PROTOTYPING REDUCES THIS TIME FACTOR BY PROVIDING A SMALL NUMBER OF PRODUCT MODELS - FOR CERTAIN PRODUCTS, IT MAY BE A SINGLE UNIT - FOR TESTING PRIOR TO SERIAL PRODUCTION.
