We introduce DFMA (Design for Manufacturing and Assembly) and explain how it integrates product design with manufacturing and assembly requirements. The importance of considering these aspects early in the design process to prevent costly revisions, enhance product quality, and...
What are the 3 product design optimizations and best practices that you shouldn’t miss if you’re bringing a new product to market? Optimizing the design for cost, size, and weight. Following best practices for PCB design and layout. Ensuring...
I read the recent Elon Musk biography by Walter Isaacson. Here is a summary of some interesting things that fellow people in manufacturing can learn from the maverick entrepreneur. One of his competencies is making positive DFM (Design for...
I read an interesting book recently: How big things get done, by Bent Flyvbjerg and Dan Gardner. The authors have amassed a large database of “big projects” — from roads and high-speed train lines to airports and nuclear power...
I have been reading ‘the’ reference textbook on the concepts of DFM and DFA (design for manufacturing and design for assembly). It’s great for design engineers (especially on the mechanical side), for NPI program managers, and for anybody working...
I am halfway through this book and I thought many readers would enjoy it: Product Realization: Going from One to a Million by Anna C. Thornton. Here is the book’s presentation by its publisher: Product Realization: Going from One...
This is a blog written by Renaud Anjoran, an ASQ Certified Quality Engineer who has been involved in chinese manufacturing since 2005.
He is the CEO of The Sofeast Group.
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