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DFMA On-site Workshops

The pace of today's design-to-product launch cycles makes fast and smooth implementation of new technologies a critical requirement for manufacturing success.  Engineering teams need to work at learning to use technology much in the same way they work on product development: simultaneously.  Our workshops aim to maximise the benefits of DFMA in hands-on, on-site, focused sessions helping your teams quickly and effectively use DFMA on their own products.

Immediate Results...Ongoing Support

The goal of our workshops is to help customers achieve the powerful results of DFMA quickly and permanently. We aim to accomplish this by combining decades of DFMA research with the practical experience of DFMA experts from industry.  DFMA is a proven tool for re-engineering the product development process; our workshops are a proven path to success with DFMA.

1, 2, 3+ day Workshops

DFMA Workshops are presented in a hands-on format and help fulfill several functions including training designs teams to use DFMA, getting your company started on its first or next DFMA project and helping CE teams learn new strategies for sustained success. The process begins with overview sessions to help build management support, then to coach participants through baseline analyses, of the company’s own products using the proven written and software approaches.  A product analysis exercise focuses initially on the concept stage and continues by working with team members throughout the development process to ensure significant DFMA results.  If you are just getting started with DFMA or looking to improve upon current design processes, our workshops are an ideal way to make your project a case-study success story and improve profitability, quality and efficiency.

Workshop Benefits:
  • Trains teams in the principles and benefits of DFMA strategies

  • Provides a hands-on understanding and use of DFMA software on your own products

  • Gives a working knowledge of non-software DFA analysis

  • Encourages design creativity, teamwork and innovation

  • Participants gain a thorough understanding of the theories behind DFMA along with awareness of case-study successes

  • Gives team members a structured example of team use of DFMA

  • Helps users realise immediate design improvements on their own products.

Team’s use DFMA to Improve:

  • Overall product cost

  • Assembly and manufacturing efficiency

  • Customer satisfaction

  • Product quality and reliability

  • Time-to-market launch cycles

  • Number of post-release design changes

Getting the Most from DFMA...

The main objective of our workshops is to teach teams to apply DFMA as a catalyst for ‘better products faster’. It is widely agreed that this is best achieved using the DFMA software. Teams exercise their knowledge by analysing either an existing product (including those of a competitor) or a new design concept. Key developers including management should attend the workshop and on the last day, review DFMA design changes. Additional days are often recommended to aid in the implementation of these changes.

Quick guide to our workshops

One day 'Guided Analysis' Workshops.

The One-day Guided Analysis Workshop is specifically designed to provide fast results and immediate payback. It consists of a full day-long session devoted to performing team-oriented DFMA analyses and redesign on your company's own designs or products.

One and Two day 'Core Training' Workshops.

The one and two-day 'Core Training' workshops are designed to progressively introduce the full suite of DFMA tools to new users of the DFMA software to help them get rapid results.The focus on the first day is primarily Design for Assembly and its application to your product. The aim of the second day is to cover the different DFM Concurrent Costing topics and the integration of DFM with DFA through to a complete analysis of your product.

One, Two & Three day Implementation Workshops.

One, two and three-day hands-on workshops help teams quickly and effectively begin to use and implement DFMA. Beginning with introductions to the DFMA techniques and concluding with analyses of your own products, it's the ideal way to begin integration of DFMA into your own development process.

Additional time may be required depending on product complexity and participant knowledge of both DFMA and of the products to be analysed. As a result, workshops of any duration are available.

Feedback

“Provided the opportunity for manufacturing and development engineers to work together in a team effort.”

“Promoted a change in design methodology.”

“Opened closed minds to new methods of design.”

“Made you think from the beginning before you design.”

“Real world experience from other companies, not just academia.”

“Practical use with (our) product was a valuable part of the program".

“Everything has real life applications-you can’t make an argument not to use these workshops".
 

Improve...

Overall product cost

Assembly and manufacturing efficiency

Customer satisfaction

Product quality and reliability

Time-to-market launch cycles

Number of post-release design changes

Ease of service, repair and recycling

Overhead requirements for design, operations and support functions
 

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