What Does Design For Manufacturing (DFM) Mean?
Design for manufacturing (DFM) is a design technique for manufacturing ease of an assortment of parts that would constitute the final product after assembly. Design for manufacturing focuses on minimizing the complexities involved in manufacturing operations as well as reducing the overall part production cost.
Techopedia Explains Design For Manufacturing (DFM)
The principles involved in design for manufacturing are standardizing of materials and components, minimizing part counts, designing for efficient assembly, simplifying and reducing the number of manufacturing operations and creating modular assemblies. The process in design for manufacturing includes raw material selection and review, secondary processes if any, dimensional and other requirements, and final packaging. Design for manufacturing differs from design for assembly in that design for manufacturing is concerned only with reducing overall part production cost whereas design for assembly is concerned only with reducing product assembly cost.
