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DFMA Implementation Center

Welcome to the DFMA Implementation Center!

We recently hired a consultant to call some of our customers to find out what we could be doing better. The overwhelming request was, "Please make it easier for me to optimize usage of DFMA in my organization.”

This page contains tools that will help you communicate the benefits of DFMA to your top executives, and to quickly bring new users up to speed.

We appreciate your support--and feedback--and are here to help.

DFMA Executive PowerPoint Presentation

Target Audience: Executive managers

Contents:

  • Quick management-level overview of the main uses of DFMA
  • Outsourcing considerations as they relate to DFMA
  • Average reductions achieved with DFMA
  • Testimonials
  • A generic example of the difference DFMA can make
  • A quote from IndustryWeek about the role that DFMA plays
  • Ten case studies, all arranged in this order: Situation, Method, Results

Recommended Usage: These are hype-free, factual slides which cover issues of interest to top executives. If you are trying to communicate the benefits of DFMA to your company, use all or any of these slides. They make a compelling case for using DFMA to improve quality, lower part count, decrease costs, facilitate cross-functional efficiency, and get to market faster--all from an executive management point of view.

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DFMA White Paper for Corporate Management:

How to Use Design for Manufacture and Assembly to Slash Manufacturing Overhead, Make Products Competitive, and Bring New Efficiencies to the Manufacturing Process

Target Audience: Executive managers

Contents:

  • How the world's leading companies use DFMA
  • Organizational advantages of DFMA
  • Evolution of DFMA
  • DFMA best practices
  • Management considerations and caveats

Recommended Usage: Specifically written for executive management to raise awareness of the business benefits of implementing DFMA in the product development process. Feel free to distribute it to the appropriate people in your organization, and/or use it as a "leave behind" after giving a DFMA presentation (see Executive PowerPoint presentation download below).

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