A product that works as a prototype is not necessarily ready for successful manufacturing.
Before tooling and production begin, product developers need to consider how the design will affect manufacturing, assembly, quality, reliability, testing, packaging, maintainability, usability, and other practical requirements.
In this CMD Gold episode, we revisit episode 99, where Renaud Anjoran is joined by reliability expert Andrew Amirnovin to explore Design for X (DfX) and 12 different approaches that can be optimized for during product development.
They explain why DfX decisions should be made while the design can still be changed relatively easily, how simplifying a product can reduce development and production risks, and why the right DfX priorities will differ from one product to another.
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Podcast sections
- 00:13 – Introduction: Revisiting Design for X
- 01:46 – Design for shorter development and time to market
- 04:26 – Designing for crowdfunding
- 07:12 – Design for Manufacturing and Design for Assembly
- 11:43 – What should product designers consider from the start?
- 15:57 – Fewer parts, standard components, and mistake-proofing
- 19:23 – Modularization and simplifying assembly
- 23:35 – Design for quality
- 30:52 – Why packaging must be considered during product design
- 34:06 – Design for reliability
- 42:58 – Design for maintainability
- 46:48 – Design for ease of use and ergonomics
- 47:07 – Design for fewer SKUs
- 47:53 – Design for sustainability
- 48:41 – Which DfX objectives matter most?
- 49:24 – How to implement Design for X in practice
- 50:53 – Using expert design reviews
- 51:23 – Adrian’s present-day takeaways
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- Agilian – DfX, Industrialization & NPI Support
- Sofeast – The New Product Introduction Process Guide
- QualityInspection.org – How Good DFM and DFA Help with Production Cost & Quality
- QualityInspection.org – The Design for Reliability Process for Launching Reliable Products
- QualityInspection.org – Don’t Leave Packaging Until the End
- Agilian – Why Test Components and New Products to Failure During NPI?
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