6 Planning for manufacturing a product in quantity

Candidates produce a plan to manufacture the product in quantity for a batch of at least ten products. They

evaluate the implications of manufacturing the product in quantity in terms of cultural, economic, environmental

and social factors.

An individual (one-off) product is produced in Stage 4 and evaluated in Stage 5. In Stage 6 candidates are

required to plan how to make the individual (one-off) product they have made and evaluated in quantity.

test and evaluate products, including evaluating and planning the manufacturing systems used to

manufacture products in quantity (AO4c)

• analyse wider issues in design and technology (including cultural, economic, environmental and social

factors)

Evidence to be submitted

The candidate’s portfolio must provide the following evidence:

(a) Plan for manufacturing the product in quantity

• select production and manufacturing systems to produce the individual (one-off) product in quantity

• produce a plan for manufacturing the individual (one-off) product in quantity based on the considerations

made in Stage 5

• include quality control procedures such as quality assurance checks made at every stage of the

manufacturing and quality control checks made to the finished product

The quantity to be manufactured must be a batch of at least ten products.

(b) Evaluate the wider issues of moving to manufacturing the product in quantity

• evaluate the impact of manufacturing the individual (one-off) product in quantity on:

– cultural and social factors where appropriate

– economic factors

– environmental factors