Technology Readiness Levels: Helpful for today’s manufacturers? - Sofeast

Technology Readiness Levels: Helpful for today’s manufacturers?

October 20, 2023

Adrian Leighton

Renaud hosts and is joined by Sofeast’s senior engineer Paul Adams to go through Technology Readiness Levels which is a product development framework that is often used to gauge the progress of a new product launch project, especially during prototyping. But is it useful for today’s manufacturers who are mass producing, say, consumer electronics? Find out here…

 

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Episode sections

  • 00:00 – Greetings and introducing today’s topic.
  • 01:08 – Where did the TRL originate?
  • 04:37 – The 9 Technology Readiness Levels.
  • 20:02 – Can we use this framework for products that will be mass-produced?
  • 26:09 – What is missing from the TRL in order to manufacture products in large quantities?
  • 37:38 – Wrapping up.

 

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Adrian Leighton

About Adrian Leighton

Adrian is the Sofeast group's experienced marketer and has worked in manufacturing for around a decade. He has a particular interest in new product development and sharing important manufacturing news from China. If you've read, watched, or listened to some Sofeast content, Adrian has probably had a hand in it!

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