Comments on: Hypertherm Goes Back to Basics with Design for Manufacture and Assembly http://engineeringcases.knovelblogs.com/2010/06/11/hypertherm-goes-back-to-basics-with-design-for-manufacture-and-assembly/ Just another WordPress site Wed, 01 Feb 2012 21:39:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: David Vranson http://engineeringcases.knovelblogs.com/2010/06/11/hypertherm-goes-back-to-basics-with-design-for-manufacture-and-assembly/#comment-845 David Vranson Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://engineeringcases.knovelblogs.com/?p=87#comment-845 Mike… I enjoy reading about the Hypertherm experience with product development / improvement projects and the use of DFMA to get where you are today. It sounds so basic, yet there has been such dramatic improvements in the business enterprise there that the story is compelling and motivational. Through my own experiences, I know your results are typical of the use of design for manufacturing and assembly. The published results are not like diet plan commercials where the best of the best case studies are used for advertisement. 50% reductions are typical results with the use of DFMA as a routine. Hypertherm has proved that by transforming into a world class supplier. Mike…

I enjoy reading about the Hypertherm experience with product development / improvement projects and the use of DFMA to get where you are today. It sounds so basic, yet there has been such dramatic improvements in the business enterprise there that the story is compelling and motivational. Through my own experiences, I know your results are typical of the use of design for manufacturing and assembly. The published results are not like diet plan commercials where the best of the best case studies are used for advertisement. 50% reductions are typical results with the use of DFMA as a routine. Hypertherm has proved that by transforming into a world class supplier.

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