Companies in many industries all over the world have been using DFMA software tools and services since 1983.

Boothroyd Dewhurst announces new version of design for manufacture and assembly software

05 November 2006 - Boothroyd Dewhurst Boothroyd Dewhurst, Inc., today announced a new release of the company’s internationally recognized Design for Manufacture and Assembly software. The new software release, which includes upgraded versions of both modules in the integrated DFMA suite: DFA Version 9.2, and DFM Concurrent Costing Version 2.1.

Study shows product redesign, not outsourcing to China

05 November 2006 - Boothroyd Dewhurst Boothroyd Dewhurst, Inc., announced the results of a benchmarking study titled “Improved Product Design Practices Would Make U.S. Manufacturing More Cost Effective.” The study attacks longstanding assumptions about product costs that have troubled manufacturers for decades, both in the United States and worldwide.

Better, Faster, Simpler

05 November 2006 - Boothroyd Dewhurst Symbol Technologies creates devices that capture, manage, and communicate information over networks. It makes bar-code scanners, radio frequency identification systems, and mobile handheld computers used in a wide variety of industries.

Nortel engineers dramatically lower product costs using DFX principles and design

04 November 2006 - Boothroyd Dewhurst Nortel engineers dramatically lower product costs using DFX principles and design for manufacture and assembly, a design analysis tool developed by Boothroyd Dewhurst, Inc.

New design for manufacture and assembly software

01 October 2006 - Boothroyd Dewhurst Boothroyd Dewhurst, Inc. announced a new version of the company’s internationally recognized Design for Manufacture and Assembly software. The software contains new versions of both modules in the integrated DFMA suite: DFA Version 9.3, and DFM Concurrent Costing Version 2.2.

New approach to product design that promised

30 September 2006 - Boothroyd Dewhurst Remember Japan? In the fall of 1989, both Business Week and Industry Week broke stories about a new approach to product design that promised to make U.S. manufacturing more competitive with our upstart neighbor to the east.

Design-For-Manufacturing-and-Assembly analysis can help take cost & complexity out of your products

30 September 2006 - Boothroyd Dewhurst If you want to take cost and complexity out of your products, a design-for-manufacturing-and-assembly analysis can help. But at what point in the product development cycle should you apply that analysis?

Good designs brewing at Access Business Group

30 September 2006 - Boothroyd Dewhurst Access Business Group (Ada, Michigan) develops, manufactures, and distributes a comprehensive range of durable goods, including patented water treatment and air filtration systems, and an award-winning coffee maker. Access has emerged as a leader in water filtration products, using special carbon and ultraviolet light technology for optimal health and taste benefits.

DFM concurrent costing 2.0 software from Boothroyd Dewhurst promotes should-cost analysis

29 September 2006 - Boothroyd Dewhurst Boothroyd Dewhurst, Inc., developer of the internationally recognized Design for Manufacture and Assembly software, announces a major new release, DFM Concurrent Costing Version 2.0. DFM Concurrent Costing 2.0 enables engineering organizations and their supply chains to take a multidisciplinary approach to cost assessment early in product design.

Design for assembly dramatically reduces complexity of plasma arc cutter

29 September 2006 - Boothroyd Dewhurst The engineers at Hypertherm Inc., a maker of plasma cutting systems,know a thing or two about cutting metals. They also know how to cut cost. A lot of cost. While redesigning one of the company's best-selling plasma cutting systems, they managed to reduce parts' count from more than 1,000 components to fewer than 500.

Manufacturing in China? The true cost may surprise you

29 September 2006 - Boothroyd Dewhurst Examining realistic estimates of the cost of outsourcing puts the magic bullet of Chinese manufacturing into question. Nick Dewhurst of Boothroyd Dewhurst has some eye-opening data on what it may actually cost you to move manufacturing of a product overseas. In the chart above, part costs represent 72% of a product, overhead is 24%, and labor only 4%.

New technologies to reduce production costs

28 September 2006 - Boothroyd Dewhurst The day of the dedicated machine is dead. Shops must be lean, flexible, do more with less, and design for manufacturability. To do these, average manufacturers are shifting to lean manufacturing or Six Sigma principles, exploiting the advantages of R&D, putting spot solutions in place, and last, implementing productlifecycle management.

If we maintain U.S. R&D leadership, both government support & industry practices need to be reconsidered

28 September 2006 - Boothroyd Dewhurst The experts warn: If maintaining U.S. R&D leadership is the goal, then both government support and industry practices need to be reconsidered. They contend that federal funding of basic research is slipping even as industry turns from basic to applied research. Further, they say industry has tilted too far toward equating R&D success more with product development than with optimizing the innovation process. In this, the first part of a four-part series, Recapturing R&D Leadership, IW explores the scope of the challenges facing U.S. manufacturers.

Evaluation of instrument panel designs for cost of manufacture and environmental impact

27 September 2006 - Boothroyd Dewhurst This paper considers possibilities for redesign of a current model Truck Instrument Panel in order to reduce manufacturing costs and to increase the likelihood of end-of-life material recovery. A new design concept for the Instrument Panel is proposed which would have had the potential to achieve the following benefits:

A less-costly fuel-cell design

27 September 2006 - Boothroyd Dewhurst To get around the problem of a nonexistent hydrogen infrastructure, a research firm examined reformer systems for fuel cells that produce hydrogen from gasoline. Directed Technologies Inc., Arlington, Va. (directedtechnologies.com), recently completed a multiyear study funded by the Dept. of Energy.

America’s secret weapon: Better designs

26 September 2006 - Boothroyd Dewhurst The trend to shorter product cycles is also creating shorter design cycles, resulting in higher part costs, manufacturing problems, and even warranty issues down the road. Careful up-front work on product design can easily save 50% on total costs, and may even be America’s hidden weapon in winning manufacturing business back from China.

Expanded use of Design for Manufacture & Assembly software will help practices in product cost analysis

26 September 2006 - Boothroyd Dewhurst Boothroyd Dewhurst, Inc., developers of Design for Manufacture and Assembly software, today announced that Plug Power Inc., headquartered in Latham, N.Y., has purchased a corporate license for DFMA software.

DFA is used to enhance value engineering/value analysis workshop outcomes

26 September 2006 - Boothroyd Dewhurst In the automotive industry, the pressure to reduce prices is present at all levels, from the vehicle manufacturer through to the lowest level of the supply base. Most first and second tier suppliers are faced with contractual performance or productivity clauses which require annual downward price adjustments of 3 to 5% on the products they provide to the OEM.

New design for manufacturing and assembly application on the design of ASH64D Helicopter

25 September 2006 - Boothroyd Dewhurst This new study examines the effectiveness of Design for Manufacturing and Assembly methodology used by the design, manufacturing, quality, and supporting engineers for the development of the Longbow Apache Helicopter. Data were obtained through the Integrated Product Development team for several redesigned areas of the Longbow prototype Helicopter Crew Station. Results of the study show that DFMA can be an effective approach, as indicated by a significant cost and weight savings.

New DFMA software from Boothroyd Dewhurst offers the most comprehensive tools available

25 September 2006 - Boothroyd Dewhurst Boothroyd Dewhurst, Inc. announced a new version of the company’s internationally recognized Design for Manufacture and Assembly software. The software contains new versions of both modules in the integrated DFMA suite: DFA Version 9.3, and DFM Concurrent Costing Version 2.2.

Application of sourcing skills to aspects of its human resources buy is yielding 8-10%

25 September 2006 - Boothroyd Dewhurst Application of sourcing skills to aspects of its human resources buy is yielding 8-10% annual savings for Intel Corp., which is a world leader in managing indirect spend. Development of a global medical insurance program saved 23% through an online bidding event. A five-lot Internet negotiations strategy for a life and health insurance program in China yielded savings of 38%.

Boothroyd Dewhurst announces new version of Design for Manufacture and Assembly Software

15 December 2004 - Boothroyd Dewhurst Boothroyd Dewhurst has announced a new release of the company’s internationally recognised Design for Manufacture and Assembly (DFMA) software.

Boothroyd Dewhurst Announces New Version of Design for Manufacture and Assembly Software

15 December 2004 - Boothroyd Dewhurst Boothroyd Dewhurst, Inc. (Wakefield, R.I.), today announced a new release of the company’s internationally recognized Design for Manufacture and Assembly (DFMA®) software. The new software release is DFMA® 2005A, which includes upgraded versions of both modules in the integrated DFMA suite: DFA Version 9.2, and DFM Concurrent Costing® Version 2.1.

The Signal for Success

15 December 2004 - Boothroyd Dewhurst Nortel engineers dramatically lower product costs using DFX principles and design for manufacture and assembly (DFMA), a design analysis tool developed by Boothroyd Dewhurst, Inc.

DESIGN FOR MANUFACTURING AND ASSEMBLY APPLICATION ON THE DESIGN OF THE AH64D HELICOPTER

15 December 2004 - Boothroyd Dewhurst This study examines the effectiveness of Design for Manufacturing and Assembly (DFMA) methodology used by the design, manufacturing, quality, and supporting engineers for the development of the Longbow Apache Helicopter.

DFMA Slashes Costs of Blood Analyzers

15 December 2004 - Boothroyd Dewhurst DFMA software from Boothroyd Dewhurst lets designers produce a significantly improved case molding for Ciba Corning's 800 Series blood-gas analyzer. The outer shells hinge together like a suitcase, making assembly easier and faster, with a closer fit than the previous 200 Series analyzer.

Design for Environment announced as a winner of Industry Week's 4th Annual Technology & Innovation Awards

15 December 2004 - Boothroyd Dewhurst Today the idea of environmental issues influencing product design might seem as remote as a proposal in the early 1960's that pollution would become a constraint on manufacturing. So if anticipating change is a route to success, then Boothroyd Dewhurst's Design for Environment (DFE) software has potential for competitive opportunity as well as cost savings.

Evaluation of Instrument Panel Designs for Cost of Manufacture and Environmental Impact

15 December 2004 - Boothroyd Dewhurst This paper considers possibilities for redesign of a current model Truck Instrument Panel in order to reduce manufacturing costs and to increase the likelihood of end-of-life material recovery.

John Deere Selects DFMA Software from Boothroyd Dewhurst

17 January 2002 - Boothroyd Dewhurst Boothroyd Dewhurst, Inc., today announced that Deere & Company (Moline, Ill.) has purchased a corporate license for Design for Manufacture and Assembly (DFMA®) software.

Dell Builds a Framework for Success

17 January 2002 - Boothroyd Dewhurst Dell Computer Corporation (Round Rock, Texas), the world’s leading direct computer systems company, has long been recognized as a provider of easily serviced, readily installed, customized computers. By 1998, Dell was associated as well with something else—an explosive growth 2.5 times the industry average.

LEAN CUISINE: Whirpool Sweden puts DFA to work to cut parts by 29 percent and assembly time by 26 percent.

17 January 2002 - Boothroyd Dewhurst Training is a valuable investment, but companies don’t expect immediate profits from the training sessions themselves. At Whirlpool Sweden in Norrköping, though, this was exactly the case as they trained cross-functional teams of in-plant personnel to perform design for assembly (DFA) analysis.

Cool, Stylish and Green

17 January 2002 - Boothroyd Dewhurst In designing a new cooling display cabinet for delicatessens and supermarkets, Stockholm-based AB Electrolux, a division of UT/Carrier Corp., faced a complex challenge.