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Design for Manufacturing Overview

This document discusses design for manufacturing (DFM) which emphasizes manufacturing considerations throughout the product development process. It provides three key methods for implementing DFM: 1) using cross-functional teams, 2) establishing design rules specialized for each firm, and 3) using CAD tools like Boothroyd-Dewhurst software. Some examples of design for assembly (DFA) guidelines aim to minimize parts count, encourage modularity, and facilitate part handling. DFM can lower production costs without compromising quality.

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Design for Manufacturing Overview

This document discusses design for manufacturing (DFM) which emphasizes manufacturing considerations throughout the product development process. It provides three key methods for implementing DFM: 1) using cross-functional teams, 2) establishing design rules specialized for each firm, and 3) using CAD tools like Boothroyd-Dewhurst software. Some examples of design for assembly (DFA) guidelines aim to minimize parts count, encourage modularity, and facilitate part handling. DFM can lower production costs without compromising quality.

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Design for Manufacturing

Teaching materials to accompany:


Product Design and Development
Chapter 11
Karl T. Ulrich and Steven D. Eppinger
2nd Edition, Irwin McGraw-Hill, 2000.
Product Design and Development
Karl T. Ulrich and Steven D. Eppinger
2nd edition, Irwin McGraw-Hill, 2000.
Chapter Table of Contents
1. Introduction
2. Development Processes and Organizations
3. Product Planning
4. Identifying Customer Needs
5. Product Specifications
6. Concept Generation
7. Concept Selection
8. Concept Testing
9. Product Architecture
10. Industrial Design
11. Design for Manufacturing
12. Prototyping
13. Product Development Economics
14. Managing Projects
Product Development Process

Concept
Concept System-Level
System-Level Detail
Detail Testing
Testingand
and Production
Production
Planning
Planning Development Design Design Refinement Ramp-Up
Development Design Design Refinement Ramp-Up

How can we emphasize manufacturing issues


throughout the development process?
Design for Manufacturing Example:
GM 3.8-liter V6 Engine
Understanding Manufacturing Costs
Manufacturing Cost

Components Assembly Overhead

Equipment Indirect
Standard Custom Labor Support
and Tooling Allocation

Raw
Processing Tooling
Material
Definition
• Design for manufacturing (DFM) is a development
practice emphasizing manufacturing issues
throughout the product development process.

• Successful DFM results in lower production cost


without sacrificing product quality.
Three Methods to Implement DFM

1. Organization: Cross-Functional Teams

2. Design Rules: Specialized by Firm

3. CAD Tools: Boothroyd-Dewhurst Software


Design for Assembly Rules
Example set of DFA guidelines
from a computer manufacturer.
1. Minimize parts count.
2. Encourage modular assembly.
3. Stack assemblies.
4. Eliminate adjustments.
5. Eliminate cables.
6. Use self-fastening parts.
7. Use self-locating parts.
8. Eliminate reorientation.
9. Facilitate parts handling.
10. Specify standard parts.
Design for Assembly
• Key ideas of DFA:
–Minimize parts count
–Maximize the ease of handling parts
–Maximize the ease of inserting parts
• Benefits of DFA
–Lower labor costs
–Other indirect benefits
• Popular software developed by
Boothroyd and Dewhurst.
–[Link]
To Compute Assembly Time

Handling Time
+ Insertion Time

Assembly Time
Method for Part Integration
• Ask of each part in a candidate design:
1. Does the part need to move relative to the rest of
the device?
2. Does it need to be of a different material because
of fundamental physical properties?
3. Does it need to be separated from the rest of the
device to allow for assembly, access, or repair?
• If not, combine the part with another part in the
device.
Videocassette DFM Exercise
• 2 billion worldwide annual volume
• 7 major producers of 1/2” cassette shells
• JVC licenses the VHS standard
– dimensions, interfaces, light path, etc
• VHS cassette shells cost ~$0.25 each
• What is a $0.01 cost reduction worth?
DFM Strategy is Contingent
Corporate
Strategy
Product
Strategy

Production
Strategy DFM
Strategy

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