We discuss the factors affecting manufacturing costs and some practical tips to reduce them. How much does it cost to manufacture a product? Well, that depends on a lot of things. It can vary from a few thousand pounds to many hundreds of thousands or even more. With so many materials and manufacturing process combinations there is no formula, but there are some principles which you can follow.
In order to keep this post concise we have focused on injection moulded plastic parts, assumed volumes less than 50,000 and simplified some of the explanations.