This video is part of a series focused on 7 Tips to Reliably Scale Autonomous Vehicle Production. The first tip is to Begin the Production Planning Process Early. The following questions are addressed in this video: - When should production planning begin? - What should be considered during early production planning? - What aspects should an initial manufacturing strategy include? - How does the APQP process apply to production planning? - Why is early production planning crucial? Key themes include: - Design for Manufacturing - Design for Assembly - Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP) - Production Planning - Production Capacity Planning About Edison: Edison Manufacturing & Engineering is a niche contract manufacturer, focused on flexible and capital efficient assembly of complex mobility and mobility-adjacent products that are not well suited for highly automated production. Assembly, upfit, and retrofit for autonomous vehicles is one of Edison's core businesses, and is an area in which Edison has significant experience and expertise. Edison website: https://edison-mfg.com/ Edison LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/70992427/ Brandon Bartneck LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brandonbartneck/