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1993 International Forum on DFMA
"Changing the way the world looks at product development" June 14-15 1993.

Customer Focused Product Development, Making the DFM & A Process Work
G. Lewis
Digital Equipment Corp

DFMA Success Stories - Integration of Process and Product Design
C. Thorton
Wangtech, Inc., Micom

Design for Disassembly:A Computer-Aided Approach to Computer Hardware
M. Kahmeyer, H.C. Mult, H.J. Warnecke
Fraunhofer Institute, Germany

Quantitative Assessment of Design Recyclability
M. Simon, T. Dowie
Manchester Metropolitan University, UK

Strategies for the Evaluation of Product Development, Production and Waste Disposal
W. Eversheim, U.H. Bohlke, M. Hartmann, B. Katzy
Werkzeugmachinelabor, RWTH,Germany

DFMA/Concurrent Engineering Implementation: The Key Principles for Early and On-Going Success
W.R. Sprague
Boothroyd Dewhurst, Inc.

Concurrent Engineering of a Polaroid Camera and Flexible Automation
G. Reimann
Polaroid

A Tale of Two Companies
D. Meeker
Digital Equipment Corporation

Evaluation Tool for Modular Design
G. Erixon, B.M Ostgren, A. Arnstrom
Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden

A Case Study in the DFA Evaluation Methods of Hitachi, Lucas and Boothroyd Dewhurst
P. Leaney, A. Abdullah, J. Harris, D. Sleath
University of Technology, Loughborough, UK

A Few Methodical Tools for Design with DFA
S. Lorincz, K. Derdak
K&F R&D LTD., Hungary, Elzett Sopron Ltd., Hungary

New Product Introduction "CHECKLISTS": A Small company's DFM/A/C Tool
S. Bell
ACU-RITE

Simultaneous Engineering Team Leadership
D. Sheth
Eaton Corp.

Structuring the Product Development Process
D. McCarthy
Munro & Associates

DFM Getting Equipment Suppliers on Board
P. Bailey
EDS

Concurrent Engineering Delivers on its Promises (Case Study: HP's 34401A Multimeter)
R. Williams
Hewlett Packard

Electrical Connections & Wire Hareness Assembly
B. Sullivan, B. Raucent
Boothroyd Dewhurst, Inc.

Applications of Printed Circuit Board Design for Assembly
W.A. Knight
Boothroyd Dewhurst, Inc.

Implementation of Design for Manual Assembly to the Area of Office Furniture
P. Bariani, G.F. Suman
University di Padova, Italy

Design for Manufacturing Distribution Packaging
B.L. Tuttle, J. Lesch
GMI Engineering & Management Institute, Saturn Corporation

Interactive Design for Manufacture and Inspection for Powder Processing Applications
D. Zenger, D.C. Brown, J.J. Bausch, R.D. Sission, Jr., R. Ludwig
Worcester Polytechnic Institute

A Form Feature Approach to Producibility Evaluation
F. Swift, S. Sagarsee, C. Chen
Florida International University

Computer Based Cost Estimation for Conceptual Design
A.R. Mileham, A.W. Miles, C.G. Currie
University of Bath, UK

Feature Based Design & DFMA:  Partners in Six Sigma Design
J. Wise
AMP, Inc.