An empirical methodology for measuring producibility early in product development

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This paper describes an empirical methodology for measuring design for manufacturing (i.e., producibility) early in the conceptual design stage and throughout product development. Early involvement is especially important when implementing new design techniques such as concurrent design and simultaneous engineering. This paper summarizes the results from several studies in the area of producibility measurement. Producibility measurement in product development is not a one-time analysis, but rather a continuous evaluation of parallel interactions between design, manufacturing, and quality considerations. The proposed methodology's primary value is that it integrates knowledge from traditionally-separate sources in order to provide timely feedback to a designer. The knowledge crosses all the boundaries relevant to production, from conceptual design to final production. By formally establishing design rules and producibility measurement criteria, the methodology provides objective producibility feedback at any step of product development. An illustrative example of the methodology is applied to a machined part.

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