Most observers
would agree on at least one thing about today’s global business
environment: it’s hot out there, and manufacturers have their fair
share of challenges to confront. What will help your organisation
keep pace and even thrive in this heady atmosphere of competition
and change? As margins tighten and market pressures rise, the
fundamental touchstones of product development endure. To stay
competitive, leading manufacturers are taking a strategic approach
to product design and are focusing more closely than ever before on
product quality, cost, manufacturability, and time to market. They
are investing resources early in the product lifecycle to identify
design problems and eliminate costs before they occur. You can, too.
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Understand how the cost effects of design
decisions ripple across the product lifecycle
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Enrich your concurrent engineering
practices by inviting feedback from suppliers
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Recognise the potential for innovation
waiting in your own product designs
Over
Twenty Years of DFMA Experience
The International Forum on DFMA is the foremost
conference worldwide on early design analysis methodologies and
implementation. It is the one conference to attend if you wish to
gain an understanding of the impact Design for Manufacture and
Assembly (DFMA®) has on product development. Listening first-hand to
papers presented by expert practitioners from around the world, you
will see close up the successful DFMA strategies employed by many
different companies across many different industries. You’ll gain
insight into the product development approaches followed by some of
today’s most successful manufacturers.
Conference
papers will discuss specific product development programs and
examine cost reductions and efficiency gains at some of the world’s
leading manufacturing companies. Whether your job responsibility is mechanical design,
purchasing, CAD modelling, prototyping and tooling, or motivating
teams, you will learn valuable strategies for overcoming barriers to
technology implementation and solving multidisciplinary design
challenges. Among the rich array of topics offered are papers on
early cost estimating in product design, next-generation robotics,
the hidden costs of offshore manufacture and assembly, lean
manufacturing, design for disposal and recycling, and best practices
for product lifecycle management.
Who
should attend?
The DFMA Forum is a valuable
resource for everyone involved in the design-to-manufacturing
process.
Conference Objectives
The goal of
the International Forum on DFMA is to provide expert opinion on
DFMA and other early design technologies. Manufacturing leaders and
research leaders will be on hand to answer your questions on such
topics as
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Cost management and reduction
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Improving quality; Six Sigma
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Lean manufacturing
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Product lifecycle management
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Outsourcing
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Shrinking time to market
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Product design strategies
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Productivity management
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Strategic planning
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Concurrent engineering
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Design for disposal and recycling
This
conference will present you with many examples of how industry
leaders use DFMA fundamentals to reach their product development
goals. Examine the results they report, and judge for yourself how
DFMA methodology might serve as a catalyst to innovation in your own
organization.
Special Events
Networking Reception - 19 June 2007
A great opportunity to network and to learn
more about DFMA, cost management, outsourcing and lean manufacturing
in a casual, social setting.
Panel Discussion
- 20 June 2007.
How widely are product-costing practices being applied across the
engineering supply chain today? What types of practices do companies
use, and are they effective? Would a strategy for
inter-organisational cost management have consequences for
profitability? The panel discussion will address these questions and
offer insights into how manufacturing organizations can successfully
coordinate their product-costing efforts with multiple partners and
suppliers.
Listing of technical papers to be
presented
Venue
The
International Forum on DFMA is held in June at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, Providence-Warwick, Rhode Island, USA.
Lodging
Overnight
accommodations are the responsibility of the individual. A limited
block of rooms will be held by the Crowne Plaza Hotel
at a reduced rate. Rooms booked after the
deadline (19 May 2007) will not receive the discounted rate. Please let hotel
personnel know that you are attending the Boothroyd Dewhurst DFMA
Forum. Call +1 401-732-6000. You can book your rooms online using
the following link to the hotel website,
www.crowneplazari.com. Use the reservations section on the left
side of the website and enter "BBD" in the Group Booking Code to
receive the conference reduced rate.
Register online or
Print a registration form for fax or mail via dfma.com
Events
International Forum on DFMA
