The White Goods Part Designed Based on DFM/DFA Concepts in a Concurrent Engineering Environment

Abstract

The classical way to manage the product development processes for<br />massive production has been changing as the high pressure for cost reduction,<br />higher quality standards and market seeking for innovation lead to the<br />necessity of new tools for development control. This context and the learning<br />from the automotive, aerospace industries and others segments were the<br />starting point to understand and apply manufacturing and assembly oriented<br />designs to ease the task of generate goods and from this to obtain at least<br />part of the expected results. This paper demonstrates the applicability of the<br />concepts of Concurrent Engineering and DFM/DFA (Design for Manufacturing<br />and Assembly) in the development of products and parts for the White Goods<br />industry in Brazil (major appliances as refrigerators, cookers and washing<br />machines), showing one case concerning to the development and releasing<br />of a component. Finally, it shows, shortly, how using these techniques as a<br />solution had provided cost savings and reduction in delivery time.

Keywords

• Concurrent engineering, DFM/DFA, Design management, White Goods, Product development, Interoperability