critical design freeze stage

English translation: stage at which the design must be set

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English term or phrase:	critical design freeze stage
Selected answer:	stage at which the design must be set
Entered by:	conejo

15:37 Aug 13, 2004

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English term or phrase: critical design freeze stage

Could anybody explain to me the meaning of the phrase above in this context, particularly the word 'freeze':

"A major project last year was upgrading the front-end cabin, seats and in-flight entertainment for the Airlines’ wide-body aircraft, the B747-400, B777-200 and A330-300. The seat development programme is at the Critical Design Freeze stage and is set to proceed to the manufacturing stage."

This is from an annual report for an airline.

Thanks.

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stage at which the design must be set

Explanation:
A "design freeze" means that no further changes can be made to the design. It is a cut off point for the engineers, because if they continue to change the design past a certain date, the product will not be on time for the manufacturing phase. This is used in many industries. Example:

Product must hit market: Aug 1, 2005
Time required to manufacture initial inventory: 5 mos
Critical design freeze timing: March 1, 2005

The engineers would be instructed that the design would be frozen as of March 1, 2005.

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conejo
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Thanks, Patti, for a very clear explanation!
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stage at which the design must be set

conejo

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critical design hold stage

Michael Powers (PhD)

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stage at which the design must be set

conejo
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Thanks, Patti, for a very clear explanation!

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critical design hold stage

Explanation:
What I assume this means is that this stage is now on hold until approval is given to continue with the next stage, the manufacturing stage.

Mike :)

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The third definition in the Merriam-Webster 11th ediction Dictionary indicates that \"feeze\" is when everything is put on hold:

3 : a halt in the production, testing, and deployment of military weapons *a nuclear freeze*

Michael Powers (PhD)
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Native speaker of: English
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