Boothroyd Dewhurst, Inc., will host the twenty-seventh annual
International Forum on Design for Manufacture and Assembly (DFMA(R))
on June 11-13, 2012. This year’s Forum, “Manufacturing Momentum:
Building on Success with Better Design,” will take place at the Crowne
Plaza Hotel, Providence-Warwick, R.I., USA.
Leading companies speaking at the 2012 DFMA International Forum include
Rolls-Royce, Westinghouse and Motorola. In addition, Harry Moser of the
Reshoring Initiative will provide an update on Total Cost of Ownership
(TCO) and trends in American manufacturing. John Biagioni of Dynisco
will talk about how design drives TCO and can reshape future profits for
manufacturers.
“Across the disciplines, manufacturers and vendors alike are recognizing
the impact that front-end collaboration and analysis have on success,”
says John Gilligan, president of Boothroyd Dewhurst, Inc. “DFMA is the
quantitative design approach most influential in showing just how soon
this critical decision-making process can start and how remarkably far
the positive effects migrate through an organization, to its supply
chain, customers–and then its own bottom line.”
About the DFMA Forum
The Forum is the foremost conference worldwide on DFMA methodologies and
software. DFMA helps structure a team’s knowledge and guide
collaboration efforts from the concept stage onward to create
feature-rich products at less cost. It does this by providing
comparative “should cost” estimates for manufacturing processes and
materials, and by targeting opportunities for product simplification.
The Forum offers insights and solutions to managers, financial
decision-makers, design engineers, manufacturing engineers, purchasing
personnel, and supply-chain experts interested in benefitting from
up-front product development. In addition to the presentations listed
below, there will be a pre-conference workshop on “Value Engineering and
DFMA” by productivity and lean six sigma expert Chris Tsai, along with a
post-conference workshop by Dr. Mike Shipulski of Hypertherm, Inc., on
“Systematic DFMA Deployment–How to Implement for Increased Profits.”
For information on the 2012 International DFMA Forum on Design for
Manufacture and Assembly, and the pre-conference workshop, go to
http://www.dfma.com/forum/index.html .
Below is a list of this year’s presentations and speakers:
Using DFMA during Value Engineering Studies, Design for
Manufacturability Assessments, and Should Cost Analyses within a Global
Supply Chain Bill Cleary Westinghouse Electric Company
DFMA – Where It’s Going Mike Shipulski Hypertherm
Total Cost of Ownership Calculation: 2012 update Harry Moser Reshoring
Initiative
A DFMA Cost Information Management System at Whirlpool Jason Lynn
and Chris Holt Whirlpool Corporation and Convergence Data
Services
Beating Aggressive Cost Targets with DFMA Bill Devenish and Kevin
Marett PCB Larson Davis
Dynisco’s DFMA Implementation: Overcoming the Fear of Change Matthew
Miles Dynisco
Implementation of DFMA in VAVE methodology at Sanmina-SCI’s Mechanical
Systems Division Ric Pena, Sundar Kamath and Nate Stanley Sanmina-SCI
DFA Breaks thru the Global DE Community with Success Richard Darrell Motorola
Solutions Inc.
Advancing R&D Competitiveness with Metrics Brad Goldense Goldense
Group, Inc.
Design for Assembly Line Performance: The Link Between DFA Metrics and
Assembly Line Performance Metrics Marcos Esterman Rochester
Institute of Technology
Eliminating “Point of No Return” Using DFMA Software Ranjeev
Chaudhary and DRSV Varma Infotech Enterprises
DFMA at Dynisco: Sooner Rather Than Later Kevin Dailida Dynisco
Applying DFA Analysis to Evaluate and Improve the Assemblability of an
Automated Plasma Cutting Machine Francisco Lopez-Jaquez and N.
Alfaro-Flores UACJ
Design for Low Cost – Incorporating Innovative, Cost Efficient Designs
into the Product Mick Carlisle Rolls-Royce plc
Advantages of Molded Foam in Product Design David Meeker and Rob
Cole Neoteric Product Development and Protexic Brands
The Correlation of As-Built Products to As-Designed Models Closing the
Loop on Dimensional Measurement Results to Simulation Predictions Donald
Jasurda Dimensional Control Systems, Inc.
Tying It All Together: TCO, DFMA, and Supply Chain/Operations Strategy John
Biagioni Dynisco
About Boothroyd Dewhurst, Inc.
For more information about DFMA software, workshops, consulting
services, and international conferences, contact Boothroyd Dewhurst,
Inc., 138 Main Street, Wakefield, RI 02879, USA. Tel. (401) 783-5840.
Fax (401) 783-6872. Web site:
www.dfma.com .
E-mail: info@dfma.com.
DFMA is a registered trademark of Boothroyd Dewhurst, Inc.
SOURCE: Boothroyd Dewhurst, Inc.
Parker Group Miles Parker, 401-272-1510 mparker@parkergroup.com
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