Design for Assembly

Design for Assembly (DFA) and Manufacturing Analysis ( MA ) are key elements of concurrent engineering. In TeamSET they are integrated with a full set of other tools to produce the most powerful suite of concurrent engineering software.

Design For Assembly ( DFA ) is a simple, structured analysis technique which gives design teams the information they need to reduce product costs by:

• reducing the number of parts
• optimising manufacturing processes
• simplifying parts handling
• improving product assembly

Typical benefits of the use of Design for Assembly include:

• Average parts count reduction - 46%
• Average assembly cost reduction - 47%
• Product cost reduction - 15%
• Reduction in parts related costs
• Assembly tooling cost reduced
• Product introduction lead time reduced
• Product reliability improved

Design for assembly encourages the design of products that can be produced at minimum cost and maximum quality and reliability. It gives the best results when used by multi-disciplined New Product Introduction ( NPI ) teams. This ensures that all aspects of the product design are considered from different points of view.

TeamSET improves the performance of NPI teams. It reduces the time and effort required to apply all of the concurrent engineering tools and techniques, particularly Design for Assembly. It produces results and reports in a consistent and attractive format, improves accuracy, encourages early exploration of alternative design solutions, aids version control, encourages benchmarking and ensures analysis information is re-used.

Follow this link for more information on TeamSET's Design for Assembly software.