2000

15th International Forum on DFMA, 2000

"A Catalyst for Innovation"

	Contents

• Implementing Design for Manufacturability in a Large Company
  General Motors University
   
• Engineers in the New Millennium – Principles to Live By
  Nortel Networks
   
• DFM / DFA Applications – A Knowledge Based Engineering Approach
  Visteon Automotive Systems, Ford Motor Company
   
• Supplier Involvement in DFM
  General Motors Corporation
   
• Design for Automatic Assembly: A Company Case Study
  The Swedish Institute of Production Engineering Research
   
• The State of Product Development Measurement and Reward Practices
  Goldense Group, Inc.
   
• Project Management Metrics and Tools
  Eastman Kodak Company
   
• Assembly Reliability Evaluation Method
  Hitachi, Ltd.
   
• Global Application of Tactical Business Transformation Through Performance Innovation Workshops: Lessons Learned
  Raytheon Training LLC
   
• Design for Enhanced Mold Productivity
  ExpressTool, Inc.
   
• Investment Casting in DFMA Solutions
  General Motors Corporation
   
• Integrating 6 Sigma Concepts into the Mechanical Design Process
  Sigmetrix LLC
   
• Integration Between a Design Technique for Manufacturing and Cause-and-Effect Diagrams in Order to Identify Defects in Cast Parts
  Escola de Engenharia de São Carlos
   
• DFMA Benefits of Performing Mechanical Tolerance Fit and Stack Analysis at the Conceptual Design Stage
  MDS SCIEX
   
• Developing a Craftsmanship-based Product Evaluation System
  University of Rhode Island
   
• Visualizing DFMA Efficiency with Assembly Relationship Matrices
  University of Rhode Island
   
• Assemblability Evaluation in Product Development
  Federal University of Santa Catarina
   
• ValueMap – A Method for Understanding Cost of Variety and the Economical Potential of Product Modularization
  Modular Management AB
   
• Awakening and Nurturing the Creative Child in the DFM/A Team Members
  Kettering University
   
• Digital Data Quality – Is the Engineering Product Ready for Manufacturing?
  Prescient Technologies, Inc.
   
• Cost Estimating in Support of the Conceptual Design of Autonomous Undersea Vehicles
  Pennsylvania State University
   

Panel Discussion: DFMA and Product Quality

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