“How-to” presentation is based on personal experience and real-world data
Wakefield, RI– Manufacturing strategists and CFOs are invited by Boothroyd Dewhurst, to a free webinar titled “How to Resurrect U.S. Manufacturing with Systematic DFMA Deployment,” on May 7, 2009, 11:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. EDT.
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The forty-minute webinar is presented by Mike Shipulski, Ph.D., director of engineering at Hypertherm, who implemented a DFMA program at his own company with outstanding results, including a 600 percent improvement in profit-per-square-foot of factory floor space and substantial market share gains.
“American companies have lost their way,” says Shipulski.
“But we can resurrect manufacturing with a back-to-basics approach to create sustainable economic growth.”
Using a product design strategy like DFMA can bring significant downstream savings to all types of industries, such as part count reduction of 50 percent, labor time reduction of 60 percent and cost savings of 50 percent, he notes.
But to achieve such results, the tools must be implemented in a systematic way that addresses infrastructure, organization and business processes as well as product redesign.
Shipulski will present metrics resulting from Hypertherm’s own five-year experience with DFMA deployment, and then demonstrate the steps needed to achieve similar results.
“Companies don’t know how to start or how to put all the pieces into place,” he says.
“This webinar provides a roadmap—combining Lean, Six Sigma and DFMA—to the future competitive success of American companies. Savings are possible with your product.”
The discussion will cover goal setting, project selection and planning, resource allocation, project execution, and design review.
“Hypertherm’s data strongly demonstrate the value of systematically implementing DFMA to achieve measurable results across an enterprise,” says Nick Dewhurst, executive vice president of Boothroyd Dewhurst.
“This approach can be applied to virtually any industry or product and is a valuable tool for identifying—and removing—roadblocks to profitability.”
For more information visit www.dfma.com