Presentation Digitizing DFM: Design for Manufacturability Going from paper specs, emails, documents, and PowerPoint to a digitized DFM environment within Creo using DFMPro from HCL. Legacy Design for Manufacturability (DFM) systems involved paper specs and hundreds of rules listed in multiple documents. This is a good way to document DFM rules, but not a good […]
Enterprise Accountability: Striking a Balance through Technology & Automation
Jennifer Herron, CEO of Action Engineering, recently interviewed Swadhin Bhide, Director of Products & Technologies at HCL Technologies, for this featured blog about 3D enterprise accountability. Action Engineering appreciates HCL’s generous support as a Signature Sponsor of the 2018 3D Collaboration & Interoperability Congress in Golden, Colorado on October 15-18, 2018. Enterprise Accountability: Striking a […]
How to Lose Friends, Miss Product Delivery Dates, and Throw Away Money
Presentation How to Lose Friends, Miss Product Delivery Dates, and Throw Away Money The importance of exercising DFM methodology and automation tools that leverage use of 3D CAD data to inform and advise product design with regard to the manufacturing process. Many organizations design products with goals of high quality, minimized cost, and satisfied schedule […]
Leveraging MBD with Cost Modeling
Presentation Leveraging MBD with Cost Modeling Leveraging MBD in downstream systems at Cisco Systems. The transition to Model-Based Design (MBD) enables many digital opportunities including digital DfM and Cost Analysis. As part of the Cisco Systems transition to MBD, we have included parameters used in downstream analyses for Should Cost and Design for Manufacturability checks. […]