Design for Excellence

Description

This practical guide helps mechanical and electrical engineers design and manufacture quality products using DFX (design for excellence). Readers will learn step by step how to apply the same knowledge-based techniques that improve manufacturability to optimize a product's quality and reliability, safety, serviceability, user friendliness, environmental friendliness, and short time-to-market design. Presenting actual case studies of successful DFX implementation, the book shows how a well-managed program can maximize desirable characteristics in a product's design while reducing manufacturing costs, resulting in a superior, globally competitive product. Content: Front Matter • Preface • Table of Contents •Part I. Background and Basic Concepts 1. The Forerunner - Design for Manufacturability 2. DFX - The Need for it and the Nature of it 3. DFM/DFX Approaches 4. Basic Principles of DFM/DFX •Part II. Managing DFM/DFX 5. The Product Realization Process 6. Getting Started 7. Concurrent Engineering 8. Cultural Change 9. Managing the New System 10. Training and Indoctrination 11. Evaluating Proposals Design •Part III. The Dimensions of DFX 12. Improving Assemblies 13. Improving Individual Components 14. Designing for Higher Quality 15. Designing for Reliability 16. Designing for Serviceability/Maintainability 17. Designing for Safety 18. Designing for the Environment 19. Designing for User-Friendliness 20. Designing for Short Time-to-Market 21. DFX in Electronics 22. DFX for Low-Quantity Production •Part IV. DFX at Work 23. Some Success Stories 24. The Future of DFX • Summary Index • About the Author