...Nelson O. Weber Provides insight into using integrated product development (IPD)teams, design for assembly (DFA) and design for manufacturability (DFM)for aircraft design. Aircraft structure is very complex and has large quantities of fasteners (100,000 plus for fighter aircraft, 1 million plus...

... was achieved, improving assembly and reliability, causing simultaneous engineering to become the norm within the company. There is a policy within the Mars Group to encourage people to broaden their capabilities by taking rotational moves through different functions and, in some cases, companies...

..., but did on the other hand cause long production lead times, and some problems concerning production control and logistics. The testing of each welding machine required a large proportion of the total amount of direct labour hours. Assembly Components Design for manufacture Manufacturing costs...

... to the DFA‐method because assembly is a very important aspect (cost saving) for this product. Analyses and compares the old and new product using DFA. The advantages were to show explicitly (in terms of costs and assembly time) the obtained improvements, to optimize details in the new design and to invent...