The production meeting for Evera’s third batch was held at the Kensington Research Center. Ashley walked in with a bold target—thirty thousand pieces, triple the last batch. With numbers that high, the team had to figure out how to ramp things up without trashing the quality.

Once the meeting kicked off, one of the production guys laid out the timeline.

“To crank out thirty thousand pieces, we’re looking at roughly thirty to thirty‑five days. That covers the whole ...