Design for Manufacturing and Assembly (DFMA) is a systematic analysis process primarily intended to reduce product cost by simplifying its design, assembly and manufacturing
A methodology and tool set used to determine how to simplify a current or future product design and/or manufacturing process to achieve cost savings. DFMA allows for improved supply chain cost management, product quality and manufacturing, and communication between Design, Manufacturing, Purchasing and Management.
It is known that assembling non-necessary parts not only degrades added value: it is a true Hidden Factory.
The key to productivity is not automation or sophisticated manufacturing processes, but a product structure that allows easy manufacture and assembly.
Using DFMA from early design phase will lead to a much simpler and easy to assemble product, with a strong impact on product cost and on the assembly line complexity. It supports fact-based decisions by translating results in figures and numbers
The following examples describe some results obtained with DFMA:
