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The world is so big and there are so many lock forms, which means that lock companies need to develop special molds for different markets. However, a set of smart lock involves at least hundreds of parts, the average development cycle of more than 45 days, the cost is high. Not to mention the high demand, for example, the year before last, there is an OEM factory only because the mold does not fully consider the American standard lock body thickness differences, 3000 sets of products were returned by U.S. customers, similar incidents are not unique.

Also, whether the mold design can achieve modularity is also a key point, otherwise it means that every new market to enter the re-development. Therefore, mature ODM/OEM enterprises should not only make sure that the variety of molds is rich enough, but also pursue modularity as much as possible in order to reduce costs and increase efficiency, which relies on complete mold data and excellent mold design.