Design For Manufacturing and Assembly
Step 1. Estimate the Manufacturing Costs
Fixed Costs vs. Variable Costs
The Bill of Materials
Estimating the Costs of Standard Components
Estimating the Costs of Custom Components
Estimating the Cost of Assembly
Estimating the Overhead Costs
Step 2. Reduce the Cost of Components
Understand the Process Constraints and Cost Drivers
Redesign Components to Eliminate Processing Steps
Choose the Appropriate Economic Scale for the Part Process
Standardize Components and Processes
Adhere to Black Box Component Procurement
Step 3. Reduce the Costs of Assembly
Keeping Score
Integrate Parts
Maximize Ease of Assembly
Consider Customer Assembly
Step 4. Reduce the Costs of Supporting Production
Minimize System Complexity
Error Proofing
Step 5. Consider the Impact of DFM Decisions on Other Factors
... On Development Time
... On Development Cost
... On Product Quality
... On External Factors
Robust Design
Step 1. Identify Control Factors, Noise Factors, and Performance Metrics
Step 2. Formulate an Objective Function
Step 3. Develop the Experimental Plan
Experimental Design
Testing Noise Factors
Step 4. Run the Experiment
Step 5. Conduct the Analysis
Compute the Objective Function
Computing Factor Effects by Analysis of Means
Step 6. Select and Confirm Factor Setpoints
Step 7. Reflect and Repeat
Design for the Environment and Sustainability
Design for Reliability
Design for Safety
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