| TABLE OF CONTENTS |
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| 1. | The Product Development Process | 3 |
| 2. | Defining the Application | 3 |
| 3. | Defining the Goals | 3 |
| 4. | Defining the Team | 4 |
| 5. | The 10 Tips | 4 |
| 5.1. | Divide Your Requirements into "must-haves" and "nice-to-haves" | 4 |
| 5.2. | Challenge All Assumptions | 4 |
| 5.3. | Provide Your Vendor with Full Information on Operational and Storage Conditions | 5 |
| 5.4. | Design to Take Advantage of Your Vendor's Core Capabilities | 5 |
| 5.5. | Make Components Replaceable | 5 |
| 5.6. | Mistake-Proof Your Assembly Process | 5 |
| 5.7. | Share Your Assembly Process with Your Vendors | 6 |
| 5.8. | Get Your Vendor's Buy-in for Your Use of Their Product | 6 |
| 5.9. | Know When Your Vendor Will Be Discontinuing the Product | 7 |
| 5.10. | Document and Share the Qualification Process with Your Vendor | 7 |
| 6. | Conclusion | 8 |
| 7. | Figures | |
| 7.1. | Illustration #1: Design without Poka Yoke Showing Improper Alignment of Heater | 6 |
| 7.2. | Illustration #2: Poka Yoke Design Showing Proper Alignment of Heater and Alignment Pins | 6 |
| 7.3. | Illustration #3: Bend at the Location of a Via Showing the Part under Compression and Tension | 7 |
| 7.4. | Illustration #4: Cracking of the Conductors at the Via Location from Bending the Flex Circuit Only 3 Times | 7 |
