2017 International Forum
on Design for Manufacture and Assembly

June 6-7, 2017, Providence-Warwick, Rhode Island

Designing Great Products and Building High Performing Teams with DFMA
Charles Hackett & Jeff Ortakales
Hypertherm Inc.
Presentation   Paper

Case Studies in Supplier Costing Within a Low Volume Medical Device Manufacturing Environment
Fred Johnson
Ortho Clinical Diagnostics
Presentation  Paper

Using Monte Carlo to Add Estimate of Risk to DFMA Analysis
Adam Guenther
Kohler
Presentation  Paper

DFMA Culture Shock at Kohler
Bill Devenish, Ben Marotz, Stephanie Freier, Matthieu Da Rocha, Adam Guenther
Kohler
Presentation  Paper

DFA Suggestions for Redesign: What to do with all those Candidates for Elimination within the Product?
Matthew Miles
Dynisco
Presentation  Paper

The Impact of Liquid Silicone Rubber on Two-component Molding
Rob Theriaque
Dymotek
Presentation  Paper

Design for Additive Manufacturing for Prototype Manufacturing
Sean Falkowski, Mark Diller, Sean Powers
University of Dayton
Presentation  Paper

DFI: Design for the Industrial Internet and the Internet of Things
Bradford L. Goldense
Goldense Group, Inc.
Presentation  Paper  Bio

Tools for Convincing Skeptics of the Need to Invest in DFMA
Aaron Ulmer
L-3 Communications
Presentation  Paper

DFMA Deployment at Dell EMC
Chelsea Jelaska, Van Jabagjorian, Steven Huynh
Dell
Presentation  Paper

Product Affordability through Enterprise DFMA Implementation with Increased Productivity and Effectiveness
Mark Steudel, Daniel Bardsley, Brian Foley
Raytheon Company IDS
Presentation  Paper

Designing Difference
Dave Meeker
Neoteric Product Development
Presentation  Paper