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5 April 2011
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Boothroyd Dewhurst to Host 2011 International Forum on DFMA, “Manufacture Success: Meeting the Challenge of Growth in Product Development”
Boothroyd Dewhurst, Inc. announced it will host the twenty-sixth annual International Forum on Design for Manufacture and Assembly (DFMA®), on June 13-15, 2011. The Forum, “Manufacture Success: Meeting the Challenge of Growth in Product Development and Manufacturing,” will take place at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, Providence-Warwick, Rhode.Island, USA.
Speakers for the 2011 International Forum on DFMA represent a diverse group of advanced companies, including Boeing, ITT Aerospace, UTC, Westinghouse, Whirlpool, Microsoft and Alcoa. The conference will discuss specific product development strategies and tactics, challenges faced and met in the 2010-2011 economy and how cost reduction, improved product performance and quality are being achieved through better front-end collaboration. Among the topics covered are papers on concurrent engineering and lean manufacturing, additive manufacturing, the true costs of overseas manufacture, DFMA and supply chain procurement, and achieving environmental and business sustainability with DFMA.
About the DFMA Forum
The Forum is the foremost conference worldwide on DFMA methodologies and software. DFMA structures team knowledge and guides 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.
Each year the Forum offers insights and practical strategies to managers, financial decision-makers, design engineers, manufacturing engineers, purchasing personnel, and supply-chain experts. In addition to the presentations listed below, there will be a pre-conference workshop: “Systematic DFMA Deployment: Real-World Implementation and Hard Savings Make the Difference” led by Dr. Mike Shipulski of Hypertherm, Inc.
For information on the 2011 International DFMA Forum on Design for Manufacture and Assembly, and the pre-conference workshop, go to http://www.dfma.com/forum/index.html.
2011 International Forum on DFMA–Papers:
Implementation Case Studies
Design for Gross Margin … Case Study in the Implementation of DFMA
Chris Tsai
Boothroyd Dewhurst, Inc.
Solving the Design Engineer's Dilemma through DFMA Cost Reduction
Bill Devenish
The Devenish Group, Inc.
DFMA and International Supply Chains
The True Cost of Overseas Manufacture Revisited Seven Years Later
Dave Meeker
Neoteric Product Development
Total Cost of Ownership Calculation: A Great Complement to DFMA
Harry Moser
Reshoring Initiative
Using DFMA to Reduce Procurement Costs in an International Supply Base
Tim McGibbney
Westinghouse Electric Company
DFMA Engagement Model at Microsoft
Matt Mickleson and Mark Gloster
Microsoft
DFMA Case Studies
How DFMA Methodology Can Support a Make Vs. Buy Decision for an Icebox Assembly During Early Product Concept Development
Sanjay Gaikwad
Whirlpool
DFA Implementation at a Medical Device Company
Tom Kriska
Covidien
Design for Assembly – Stationary Fuel Cell Case Study
Al Dickinson and Eric O’Brien
UTC Power
DFMA and Aerospace Lean Manufacturing
Applying Lean Engineering Best-Practices on AH64D New Build Fuselages
Alfredo Herrera and Steven Flores
Boeing
From Paradigms to Progress: Developing a better design and build methodology leveraging DFMA, Lean and the Boeing workforce
Jon Shaw
Boeing
DFMA Implementation
DFMA – WHY, WHAT, HOW, and New Thinking for the Engineering Community.
Mike Shipulski
Hypertherm
Breaking the Rules with DFMA!!
Sam Mikhail
International Game Technology
Manufacturing Success: Here's Your Plan...
Dave Vranson
ITT
Concurrent Engineering and Sustainability
Concurrent Engineering: The First Thirty Years 1988-2018
Bradford L. Goldense
Goldense Group, Inc.
Design for Sustainability: Using DFMA in the Front-end Innovation Process to Develop Sustainable Solutions
Stephen Leonard
Alcoa
e-Manufacturing with Laser-Sintering is Revolutionizing Manufacturing Processes
Andy Lucibello
EOS
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