Abstract
Abstract As manufacturing companies become more comfortable with the design for manufacture (DFM) philosophy and more experienced in its practice, new opportunities for good design become possible. This paper presents a systematic, easy to use, methodology for applying the DFM philosophy at all stages of the engineering design process. Called design for life-cycle manufacture (DFLC), the approach focuses on three important considerations: (1) the physical concept, (2) the part decomposition, and (3) total product quality. The concept of total product quality is operationalized by decomposing it into three underlying components: quality of concept, quality of design, and quality of ownership. Each of these qualities is the focus of a particular step in the design for life-cycle manufacture methodology.
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