With more emphasis being placed on the cost and quality of new products and on reducing the lead time to develop them, attention is turning to the increasingly important topic of design for manufacturing (DFM). This involves the collaboration among research and development, manufacturing, and other company functions and is aimed at accelerating the new product development process from product conception to market introduction. A company can create a competitive advantage for itself by managing the process and its related organizational dynamics effectively. This collection of essays focuses on the development of strategic capabilities through use of DFM tools and practices, the role of DFM in specific product development phases, and the social, political, and cultural context within which DFM is introduced.
Author(s): Gerald I. Susman
Year: 1992
Language: English
Pages: 320
Contents......Page 10
Contributors......Page 12
1. Integrating Design and Manufacturing for Competitive Advantage......Page 16
2. Competitive Advantage Through Design Tools and Practices......Page 28
3. Design for Manufacturing in an Environment of Continuous Change......Page 49
4. Productivity in the Process of Product Development—An Engineering Perspective......Page 69
5. The Development/Manufacturing Interface: Empirical Analysis of the 1990 European Manufacturing Futures Survey......Page 82
6. Modular Design and the Economics of Design for Manufacturing......Page 95
7. Concept Development Effort in Manufacturing......Page 116
8. Prototypes for Managing Engineering Design Processes......Page 136
9. Managing DFM: Learning to Coordinate Product and Process Design......Page 153
10. Engineering Change and Manufacturing Engineering Deployment in New Product Development......Page 170
11. Manufacturing for Design: Beyond the Production/R&D Dichotomy......Page 191
12. Development of a Model for Predicting Design for Manufacturability Effectiveness......Page 220
13. Organizational Context Barriers to DFM......Page 241
14. The Organization and Management of Engineering Design in the United Kingdom......Page 278
15. Epilogue......Page 298
D......Page 302
L......Page 303
R......Page 304
W......Page 305
Z......Page 306
E......Page 308
O......Page 309
T......Page 310
X......Page 311
