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Not necessarily the same people, but "resources" could also be the checkbook that pays outside vendors to design & fabricate tooling (and from what I've read, injection molds aren't cheap!), or fabricate electronics or mechanical parts - anything they outsource.

And, to be honest, pays inside employees.

It's Ricoh management, with an eye on Return On Investment, that decides which projects go ahead, and in which order.

The engineers can only work on what the suits green light.