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OEM Services > NPI and DFM |
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Design for Manufacturing (DFM) and New Product Introduction (NPI) are collaborative concurrent engineering processes that link the expertise and know how of manufacturing engineers with the needs of design engineering personnel. Reviews are conducted at key points during the design process using a predefined checklist that leverages the experience of materials and manufacturing operations personnel.
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OEM reviews are multilevel and typically include form, fit and function reviews at the system level and more detailed, component line item reviews for mechanical piece parts, circuit card assemblies (CCA's) and cables. At the CCA level, reviews are conducted prior to schematic capture, during placement, after routing and prior to material ordering or parts fabrication. At all levels, issues related to assembly, service, quality and process are documented and fed back to improve overall product producibility. Unresolved issues are sometimes carried forward and monitored during the proto-build cycle to help quantify the cost impact prior to volume manufacturing release. Once the design requirements are "firmed up" dataCon's engineers can formulate or tailor a manufacturing process to ensure the best possible yield and quality.
Design for Quality (DFQ) reviews are inherent to dataCon's DFM and NPI processes. Prior to manufacturing release, proposed Authorized Vendor Lists (AVL) are reviewed and periodically monitored for quality and on time delivery performance. For mission critical military programs or medical customers requiring an enhanced quality systems approach, Manufacturing Info Web provides real time data collection and work in process (WIP) monitoring by serial number. Collected failure data can be uploaded for timely process failure mode effects analysis (PFMEA). After manufacturing release, supplier quality issues surfacing during a program or product life cycle are resolved and continuously improved through periodic reviews with customers and suppliers. The client's Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) environment is constantly updated as a result of this activity.
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