Importance of Design to Manufacturing
Importance of Design to Manufacturing What is Design for Manufacturing? Design for Manufacturing and Assembly (DFM or DFMA) is a critical part of the product development cycle. This involves optimizing your product design for its manufacturing and assembly process, merging the product's design requirements with its manufacturing process. Using DFM techniques reduces the cost and difficulty of producing a product while maintaining its quality. Why is design important to manufacturing? Cost Reduction: About 70% of the cost of manufacturing a product can be derived from design decisions such as materials and manufacturing methods. The remaining 30% of costs are manufacturing decisions such as process planning and equipment selection. Focusing on design optimization reduces production costs. Streamlined production scale-up: The struggle of hardware development comes from scaling from prototyping to production. Considering DFM from the beginning of the product development cycle can r