Design for Manufacturability: Optimizing Cost, Quality, and Time-To-Market - Softcover

Anderson, David M.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1878072110 ISBN 13: 9781878072115

Publisher: C I M Pr, 1990

Synopsis

Design for Manufacturability is a proven design methodology that works for any size company. Early consideration of manufacturing issues shortens product development time, minimizes development cost, and ensures a smooth transition into production for the quickest time to market. Production Costs are lower because simpler designs can be assembled easier. DFM designs have fewer parts and fewer part types. This, in turn, results in less set-up, greater machinery utilization, and a better climate for Just-in-Time and Flexible Manufacturing.

Development time & costs are better because of concurrent engineering design teams, modular design, standard design features, common parts, use of existing plant equipment. This results in less "fire-fighting," engineering changes and less need for redesigns. Quality and Reliability are higher because of part quality optimization, proper integration, and the use of standard parts of known quality.

About this title

From the Publisher

The classic Design for Manufacturability, Optimizing Cost, Quality and Time-to-Market, is now in its sixth printing and is in use in more than 450 companies. Hewlett-Packard, United Technologies, and Loral each ordered more than 100 copies.

From the Author

All companies that manufacture discrete products will benefit significantly from this book. It points out the importance of early concept/architecture decisions and that 60 percent of a products lifetime cumulative cost is committed by the concept phase. It presents a comprehensive list of design considerations to show design engineers all the factors that must be considered early in the design process by multiple-functional teams. The book presents a very effective methodology for part standardization that I have been recommend to my consulting clients for years. I used this technique at Intel's Systems Group and reduced the approved list of 20,000 parts to 500 preferred parts.

To discourage engineers from re-inventing the wheel, I created "Anderson's Law" which states that designers should "Never design a part that is available from a catalog." The book has a hundred practical guidelines like "avoid right/left hand parts" and "design parts with symmetry." In the chapter on designing in quality, I created graphs and formulas that show the effect of part quality and quantity on product quality to encourage engineers to specify high quality parts and simplify complex designs.

Edition details

• Publisher: C I M Pr
• Publication date: 1990
• ISBN 10: 1878072110
• ISBN 13: 9781878072115
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 226