Understanding the Golf Club Development Process
Each golf development program has its own unique characteristics. However there are some generalizations involving the process. These include:
Preliminary
- Non-Disclosure Agreement or patent protection in place.
- Discussion of the client's program
- Program Quotation (Note: Program Quotation costs are independent from tooling costs, prototype sampling and eventual
production costs.)
Start-Up
- Conceptualization
- Modeling
- Blueprinting
- Supplier Quotation Package
- Competitive Bidding
(Suppliers' Quotation for the Design Parts and associated tooling costs)
- Awarding Supplier
Tooling & Testing
- Creation of Masters
- Tooling Development
- First Engineering Samples Audits and Testing
- Subsequent Tooling Adjustments and Samples
- Approval of Tooling and Samples for Production
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