DFX: 12 Product Design Optimizations You Should Consider [Podcast] - Sofeast

DFX: 12 Product Design Optimizations You Should Consider [Podcast]

March 28, 2022

Adrian Leighton

Sofeast’s CEO Renaud Anjoran welcomes Andrew Amirnovin our head of New Product Development back onto the pod to provide an overview of 12 DFX optimizations to consider when designing and developing a new product.

These include optimizations for manufacturing, reliability, crowdfunding, assembly, and many more! Listen along and you will get a grounding in the various DfX principles and be equipped to decide which you should focus on for your new product.

 

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Listen: ’Design for X’ Overview: 12 Optimizations for New Products (Feat. Andrew Amirnovin) 

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Episode sections

  • 00:00 – Greetings and introducing the topic of DfX.
  • 02:30 – 1. Design for Short Development & Time to Market.
  • 05:16 – 2. Design for Crowdfunding.
  • 08:13 – 3. Design for Manufacturing (DFM).
  • 10:29 – 4. Design for Assembly (DFA).
  • 13:35 – DFM & DFA tips for product designers to keep in mind.
  • 19:19 – The rise of modularization.
  • 25:04 – 5. Design for Quality & 6. Design for Testing
  • 32:37 – 7. Design for Packaging.
  • 35:45 – 8. Design for Reliability 
  • 45:12 – 9. Design for Maintainability.
  • 49:15 – 10. Design for Ease of use/Ergonomics.
  • 49:35 – 11. Design for Fewer SKUs.
  • 50:20 – 12. Design for Sustainability.
  • 51:02 – Which DfX principles are crucial?
  • 51:55 – How to implement DfX?
  • 53:58 – Wrapping up.

 

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Adrian Leighton

About Adrian Leighton

Adrian is the Sofeast group's experienced marketer and has worked in manufacturing for around a decade. He has a particular interest in new product development and sharing important manufacturing news from China. If you've read, watched, or listened to some Sofeast content, Adrian has probably had a hand in it!

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