Design for manufacturing (DFM) is the process of designing your product with the goal of making it easy to manufacture. It is a critical manufacturing tooling design and process development step ...

Learn how data management strategies for design for manufacturing initiatives can also promote overall operational excellence ...

Design for manufacturing (DFM)’s concept’s goals are primarily productivity, repeatability, quality and, ultimately, enhancing profitability. There are examples of manufacturing concepts that create ...

For the past decade, San Antonio-based design firm Lake|Flato has been refining its Porch House concept, a system of modules with floor-to-ceiling windows and connecting porches that link the ...

One of the more positive development in recent times has been the increased focus on providing great user experiences across products. As complex products –like enterprise software, communication and ...

A lot is happening in Design for Manufacturability (DFM) these days. The body of DFM knowledge originated in the early 1970s and has been growing steadily ever since. Hitachi, Westinghouse, and Stuart ...

Prematurely touted as the "next big thing" some years ago, DFM has found its proper place—tightly integrated with physical implementation—and is ready for prime time at last. Four to five years ago, ...

A substantial majority of a part’s cost (70% or more) is effectively locked in once a design is finalized. How can a design engineer truly predict the most important cost drivers of a particular ...

The past decade has seen unparalleled growth in the field of cell therapy, which uses cells as therapeutic agents to treat and cure disease. Although the first transplants of blood stem cells date ...

Design for manufacturing (DFM) refers to actions taken during the physical design stage of IC development to ensure that the design can be accurately manufactured. At larger nodes, most of the defects ...