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

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.

Related content…

• The Design for X Approach: 12 Common Examples
• Design for Distribution (DFD)
• Design to Cost (DTC)
• Design for Manufacturing (DFM)
• Design for Quality (DFQ)
• Design For Sustainability
• Design For Crowdfunding (Kickstarter & Indiegogo)
• Design For Assembly (DFA)
• Design for Distribution: What Hardware Startups Need To Know

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