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The Mechanical Design Process, 4/e
David G. Ullman, Oregon State University
Product Evaluation: Design for Cost, Manufacture, Assembly, and Other Measures

Key Questions

  • What is Design For Cost, DFC, and how can costs be estimated?
  • What is Design For Value, DFV, and how is value different from cost?
  • How can a product be easy to manufacture (DFM) and assemble (DFA)?
  • How do Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA), Fault Tree Analysis (FTA), and Design For Reliability (DFR) help eliminate failures?
  • Can products be designed that are easy to test (DFT) and measure (DFM)?
  • What can a designer do to protect the environment (DFE)?








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