Preface for Students
This book shows how to design products that are manufacturable the first time and enables companies to quickly develop low-cost, high-quality products that satisfy customer needs by design.
It might seem obvious enough to ask: why would anyone do otherwise? Many companies think that because elements of the opening sentence are in the corporate goals and mission statements, this will automatically happen by decree. Therefore, why would any company need a book on “design for manufacturability (DFM)”? Unfortunately, there are many reasons why products are not automatically designed for manufacturability.
Engineers are generally not taught DFM or concurrent engineering in college. The focus is usually on designing for functionality. ...
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