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on to other things. is was my rst key experience using some of the
Lean tools to solve problems.
DESIGN FOR MANUFACTURE AND ASSEMBLY
Engineering announced that the company had asked CSC to lead a design
for manufacture and assembly (DFMA) exercise for the Ficht engine.
DFMA is a component of Lean manufacturing that is not talked about
as much as some of the others, such as one-piece ow, 5S, poka-yoke, etc.
e purpose of applying DFMA is to identify, quantify, and eliminate
waste or ineciency in a product design. e analysis is helpful during
both the design and production phases of a product’s life cycle, but more
valuable duri