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What if... your product design could
be "lean from the start?"
Reduce the cost of your designs - as you are designing them -
with Design for Manufacture (DFM) and DFM Concurrent Costing®.
DFM will help you analyze and compare the costs of different
materials and manufacturing methods, in the design phase.
Simplify the assembly and manufacture of your designs - which
leads to significant cost savings - with Design for Assembly
(DFA). DFA will help you estimate the difficulty of assembly,
eliminate unnecessary parts and assembly tooling, and design
products that are less costly to manufacture.
Hundreds of leading companies use DFMA® methods and tools to
make their products "lean from the start." Since the methodology
and tools were introduced to the marketplace by Dr. Boothroyd
and Dr. Dewhurst in 1983, these companies - including
Harley-Davidson, John Deere, and Abbott Laboratories - have cut
millions of dollars from their product manufacturing costs while
creating products that are easier to manufacture and maintain.
DFMA is used by Fortune 1000 companies worldwide for:
- Supply chain cost management
- Product simplification and improved quality
- Improved communication between design, manufacturing, purchasing, and management
- Cutting manufacturing costs
DFMA provides real benefits throughout your product development organization:
"You want me to manufacture this design? You're kidding,
right?" If you find yourself asking this question more often than you'd like, DFMA can help. You and your
design engineers can quickly analyze and manipulate different design approaches. The resulting lean design will
contain fewer parts and be easier to manufacture.
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You can improve the manufacturability of your design in the DFMA
software through product simplification. You can explore alternatives in processes and materials, and
immediately see the cost impact of your decisions. You can provide factual data to manufacturing and your
managers, so you can all make valid business decisions about your product design.
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You have a target cost in mind for a new or existing product.
What are the main contributors to the cost of the product? DFMA tools can answer that question for you. They
can also help you work more effectively with your design and manufacturing engineers, and outside suppliers.
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"What will it cost to produce this? How can we reduce the
cost without sacrificing quality?" Our tools make it possible for you to obtain answers to these questions
that are based on real-life, accurate data. Data that can be used to support productive, objective
discussions, improve products while reducing costs, and hold suppliers to reliable "should cost" estimates.
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Proof of Performance
> Labor costs cut by 42%
> Parts reduced by 54%
> Assembly time cut by 60%
> Product development cycle time reduced by 45%
> Cost reduced by 50%
"How to use DFMA to slash manufacturing overhead, make products competitive, and bring new
efficiencies to the manufacturing process"
Examples of how our methods and tools have helped dozens of companies improve hundreds of products
Customer testimonials from Dell, Whirlpool, Teradyne, and Harley-Davidson
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