Design for Manufacturing (DFM), DVD

Title: Design for Manufacturing (DFM), DVD
Author: SME
ISBN: DV03PUB50
Format: DVD
Publisher: SME
Year: 2003
Availability: 45-60 days

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Part of the award-winning Manufacturing Insights Video Series

At Storage Technology, a new assembly using DFM that costs 86% less, reduced part count from 119 to 36.

DFM applied to large hydraulic cylinders at Caterpillar, Inc. produced significant cost reduction.

Then, at Xerox, DFM was used to re-design a paper feed guide to go from five parts plus hardware to one part and snap fits.

Standardized components at IBM help expedite product development by offering the designers many necessary pre-designed "building blocks."