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THE 2009 INTERNATIONAL FORUM on Design for Manufacture and Assembly

The Product Development Conference on DFMA Best Practices of the Fortune 1000
June 9-10, 2009 Providence Rhode Island, USA

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Previous Webinars

Using DFMA to Rethink Your China Manufacturing Strategy

The lure of extremely low labor rates entices many companies to move manufacturing and assembly offshore. These companies seem very interested in reducing manufacturing costs, but many of them rarely take the time to understand all of the costs in this manufacturing strategy.

Is sending a product design overseas for manufacture really the cost-effective solution, or would your company benefit by manufacturing it here?  This webinar will try to answer this question by showing you how DFMA can be used throughout the product development cycle to understand costs as design and manufacturing decisions are being made. Originally presented Thursday, October 16, 2008.

Note: During this presentation, there is a period of three minutes where the slides do not advance, then the program resumes.  A PDF of the slides may also be downloaded from here.

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Achieve a Lean Supply Chain with DFMA

These days the supply chain is on everyone’s mind.  How can you make yours lean and cost-effective?  And what’s the best way to understand the true cost of part manufacture and team with suppliers to reduce waste?

Learn how to use Design for Manufacture and Assembly (DFMA) tools to better manage your supply chain metrics. Originally presented Thursday, July 31, 2008.

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Psst! Want a secret for getting better product cost information?

An overview of Boothroyd Dewhurst’s Design For Manufacture and Assembly (DFMA) methodology and software tools.  You will learn not only how DFMA is used to gain a better understanding of cost, but also how DFMA helps to reduce the cost of manufacturing your products. Originally presented Thursday, May 15, 2008.

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