DFMA® White Paper: DFMA the Product, Then Lean the Process
Lean
Manufacturing has revolutionized the manner in which many of the
world’s leading companies bring their products to market. It
is a cost-reduction and efficiency philosophy that has an unwavering
focus on eliminating waste. While traditionally thought of as
applying only to the manufacturing floor, Lean also has application
throughout the entire organization and supply chain. What we
don’t see traditionally from Lean Manufacturing initiatives is an
equally vigorous emphasis on the product itself. Fundamental
to the ultimate success of Lean is an investment of time to
understand the design of the product for which we are attempting to
create a Lean process.
This paper will explore the additional savings that could be
unlocked when engineers combine an up-front DFMA analysis of the
product with Lean Manufacturing approaches to production.
Combining these two techniques results in products that are
“lean-from-the-start.â€
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