| Designing Procedure: |
| Customer |
Noritake Itron Co. |
1. Request for Quotation
With your rough design and
request |
2. Feasibility Study upon customer's design
1. Outer dimensions
2. Display patterns (outline sketch)
3. Electrical specification
4. Quality and reliability standard
5. Production Schedule (quantity, time scale etc.) |
| 3. Proposal Drawing (Sketch)
and Price Quote |
| 4.
Receipt of Sketch and Quotation |
Re-examined (
back to 3 if necessary ) |
5.
Pattern Data and Request for Spec
Presentation of precise CAD data of display pattern. DXF format is most preferable. If can not prepare the
CAD data, it will take additional development time. |
6. Tentative Specification (spec) Submitting within one week after receipt
of your instruction. |
| 7.
Evaluation of Tentative Spec |
Re-examined (
back to 6 if necessary ) |
8.
Approval of Tentative Spec
And Release of a development order for the
engineering samples (E/S). |
9.
Development of the E/S
Normally 5 to 20 pcs. of the first E/S
prepared. General lead-time 40 to 75 days after received your
order. |
10. Receipt and Evaluation of the E/S
Approval for the E/S and
Request for Final Spec |
Re-examined (
back to 9, 6 or 3 if necessary ) |
| 11. Preparation of Final
Specification. |
| 12.
Approval of Final Specification. |
Re-examined (
back to 11 if necessary) |
13.
Order release for Pre-Production Samples
Order for your pilot-run.(200
pcs MAX) Process 13 to 15 may be omitted. |
14.
Pre-Production Samples
About 40 to 75 days lead-time after receipt your
order |
| 15.
Evaluation of Pre-Production Samples |
Re-examined (
back to 14 if necessary ) |
| 16.
Order release for Mass Production |
17. Mass Production
General lead-time for mass production is 75
days. |