Taking a new product from the design stage to large scale production can cause processes in many companies to break down, contributing to the cost of manufacturing and while increasing negative pressure on the product's launch into the market. Effective Transition from Design to Production provides planning techniques and guidelines to lead a proposed new product smoothly through the proposal, design, and manufacturing stages in an efficient and cost-effective way. Organized in sequential steps, the text outlines the seven stages of the production process: proposal, system design, detailed design, manufacturing planning, production readiness, low rate initial production, and production.