The original manufacturer of a product no longer produces a product

There is inadequate documentation of the original design

The original manufacturer no longer exists, but a customer needs the product

The original design documentation has been lost or never existed

Some bad features of a product need to be designed out. For example, excessive wear might indicate where a product should be improved

To strengthen the good features of a product based on long-term usage of the product

To analyze the good and bad features of competitors’ product

To explore new avenues to improve product performance and features

To gain competitive benchmarking methods to understand competitor’s products and develop better products

The original CAD model is not sufficient to support modifications or current manufacturing methods

The original supplier is unable or unwilling to provide additional parts

The original equipment manufacturers are either unwilling or unable to supply replacement parts, or demand inflated costs for sole-source parts

To update obsolete materials or antiquated manufacturing processes with more current, less-expensive technologies