What Part Detail Has Caused the Biggest Unexpected Cost Increase in Your Project?

Many cost increases do not come from the overall part size.

They come from specific details.

Sometimes it’s:

• an unnecessarily tight tolerance
• a difficult feature position
• too many secondary operations
• a finish requirement added late
• complex hardware insertion needs
• packaging or protection requirements that were overlooked

These things may seem minor at first, but they can significantly affect manufacturing cost and lead time.

What part detail has caused the biggest unexpected cost increase in your experience?

This could be a useful discussion for engineers trying to design more cost-aware parts from the start.

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