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MEAM514 Design for Manufacturability
DESCRIPTION
This course is aimed at providing current and future product design/development
engineers, manufacturing engineers, and product development managers with an applied
understanding of Design for Manufacturability (DFM) concepts and methods. The main
purpose of the course is to: • Provide course participants with broad knowledge of the
important Design for Manufacturability concepts and methods currently used in industry •
Provide course participants with knowledge of when, why, and how each method is
applied (including caveats), and how it functions as part of a world class product
development process • Provide course participants with exposure to process, material
and tooling fundamentals for a variety of commonly used manufacturing processes •
Provide course participants the opportunity to “learn by doing” in by using a hands-on
team project as the focus of all course assignments • Provide course participants the
opportunity to develop their engineering communication skills by participating in class
and completing design reviews and reports
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
Course Objectives As a result of taking this course, each student will: • Be
knowledgeable about the sequential stages and activities of a world-class product
development process • Know why, when, and how to apply current DFM concepts and
methodologies • Have experience applying current DFM methods toward development of
a high value product • Be able to develop a highly manufacturable baseline product
design while being able to identify and communicate/resolve manufacturability issues
with process experts
REQUIRED MATERIALS
Required Text: MEAM Course Pack Available from Campus Copy Center, 3907 Walnut
Street Philadelphia, PA 19104 215-386-6410 http://www.campuscopycenter.com/
Additional readings posted to course Blackboard site
LESSONS
January 9, 2007
04:30 PM - 07:30 PM
Session 1ab - Course overview & Introduction to Design for Manufacturability
Reading assignment: Ulrich, K., Eppinger, S., "Introduction," Chap. 1, (pp. 1-11); and
"Development Processes and Organizations," excerpt from Chap. 2 (pp. 13-20) of
Product Design and Development, 2nd. Ed., McGraw-Hill, 2000
January 16, 2007
04:30 PM - 07:30 PM
Session 2ab - Product content and function analysis
Reading assignment: Kaufman, J., "Function Analysis," Chap. 3 of Value Management,
Crisp Management Library, 1998, pp. 35-51 || Ulrich, K., Eppinger, S., "Identifying
Customer Needs," Chap. 4 of Product Design and Development, McGraw-Hill, 2000, pp.
59-78
January 23, 2007
04:30 PM - 07:30 PM
Session 3ab - Voice of the customer, product specifications, and target costing
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Reading assignment: Ulrich, K., Eppinger, S., "Establishing Product Specifications,"
Chap. 5 of Product Design and Development, 2nd Ed., McGraw-Hill, 2000, pp. 79-106 ||
Cooper, R., Chew, W. B., "Control Tomorrow's Costs Through Today's Designs," Harvard
Business Review, January/February 1996
January 30, 2007
04:30 PM - 07:30 PM
No in-class session this week.
No in-class session this week. Please complete on-line session on QFD: Martin, M.,
"Main Concepts"; and "QFD Phase I," of Customer-Focused Design Using QFD;
www.design4x.com || Register on the website and use promotional code: FQFDS
February 6, 2007
04:30 AM - 07:30 PM
Session 4ab - Product architecture; Design for Variety, Service, Recyclability
Reading assignment: Ulrich, K., Eppinger, S., "Product Architecture", Chap. 9 of Product
Design and Development, 2nd. Ed., McGraw-Hill, 2000, pp. 181-207 || Ishii, K., Kmenta,
S., "Design for Serviceability," Chap. 13 of ME217 dfM: Product Definition, Stanford
University course notes, 1998
February 13, 2007
04:30 PM - 07:30 PM
Session 5ab - Design for Assembly
Reading assignment: Ashley, S., “Cutting costs and time with DFMA,” Mechanical
Engineering, March 1995 || Boothroyd, G., Dewhurst, P., "Design for Manual Assembly,"
Sect. 2 of Product Design for Assembly, Boothroyd Dewhurst, Inc., 1991, pp. 2.1-2.28
February 20, 2007
04:30 PM - 07:30 PM
Session 6ab - Material & process selection
Reading assignment: Dieter, G., "Materials Selection and Materials in Design" Sections
(8.1-8.6, pp. 294-318; 8.12-8.13, pp. 332-337) of Engineering Design: A Materials and
Processing Approach, 3rd Ed., McGraw-Hill, 2000 || Ullman, D., "Properties of 25
Materials Most Commonly Used in Mechanical Design," Appendix A of the Mechanical
Design Process, pp. 292-308 || Dieter, G., "Materials Processing and Design" (Figure 9.4,
pp. 391; Table 9.2, pp. 398) of Engineering Design: A Materials and Processing
Approach, 3rd Ed., McGraw-Hill, 2000 || GE Plastics, "Processing Considerations: Plastic
Manufacturing Processes," excerpt from GE Engineering Thermoplastics Design
Guide-Product Development, pp. 1.36-1.48
Mid-term Presentations (special session)
Time and location TBA
February 27, 2007
04:30 PM - 07:30 PM
Session 7ab - Design for process
Reading assignment: Dieter, G., "Design for Plastics Processing," Sect. 9.16 of
Engineering Design: A Materials and Processing Approach, 3rd Ed., McGraw-Hill, 2000,
pp. 453-457 || GE Plastics, "Injection Molding Design," GE Engineering Thermoplastics
Design Guide
March 6, 2007
04:30 PM - 07:30 PM
Session 8ab - Design for Process
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Reading assignment: TBA
March 13, 2007
No class: Spring Break
March 20, 2007
04:30 PM - 07:30 PM
Session 9ab - Product cost estimation for design
Reading assignment: Dieter, G., "Cost Evaluation," Chapter 14 of Engineering Design: A
Materials and Processing Approach, 3rd Ed., Sects. 14.1-14.3, pp. 671-677; 14.7-14.9,
pp. 681-689
March 27, 2007
04:30 PM - 07:30 PM
Session 10ab - Procurement & Design for supply chain
Reading assignment: Cargille, B., Fry, C., "Design for Supply Chain," Supply Chain
Management Review, July/August 2006
April 3, 2007
04:30 PM - 07:30 PM
Session 11ab - Value analysis & value engineering
Reading assignment: Complete the online QFD/VE course, Martin, M., "Customer
Focused Design Using QFD: QFD Phase II & CW," www.design4x.com || Use your
previous registration and promotional code.
April 10, 2007
04:30 PM - 07:30 PM
Session 12ab - Intro to robust design
Reading assignment: Taguchi, G., Clausing, D., "Robust Quality," Harvard Business
Review, January-February, 1990, pp. 66-75
April 17, 2007
04:30 PM - 07:30 PM
Session 13ab - Case studies in DFM, course wrap-up
Reading assignment: TBA
Final presentations
Time and location TBA
MEAM514 Detailed Course Syllabus
MEAM514 Course Syllabus (41.275 Kb)
Detailed document with course objectives, project recommendations, and grading policies.
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