2009 June | Shipulski On Design

Engage product design in DFMA now; achieve 30 to 50% later

June 22nd, 2009

I wrote an article on the level of savings when product designers are engaged in DFMA.

Here is an excerpt:

This month, Shipulski details the company’s lean product-design efforts as he issues a “call to action” for lean manufacturers everywhere to involve their product-design teams.

Why should the manufacturing engineering community care about engaging the product design community in pursuits such as design for manufacturing (DFM) and design for assembly (DFM)? The answer is simple—to make (and save) money