(n) A technique in which ways are found to simplify a design and reduce manufacturing costs. Using CAD/CAM technology, DFM determines the manufacturability of a design before it is produced.
A design process focused on the cost, quality and manufacturing capabilities of a product, rather than elegance.
Simplification of parts, products, and processes to improve quality and reduce manufacturing costs.
is the front-end process for electronic products which focuses on minimizing the cost, complexity, defects and production time of the product-specific volume manufacturing process.
Designing, or redesigning the production process of a product so that it can be manufactured with the least amount of parts in the shortest amount of time, using standard as opposed to custom parts. (The concept originated in Japan in the early 80s.)
The practice in which ease and cost of manufacturing, as well as quality-assurance issues, are emphasized during the product-design stage.
Achieving high-yielding designs in the state of the art, VLSI technology has become an extremely challenging task due to the miniaturization as well as the complexity of leading-edge products. The design methodology called design for manufacturability (DFM) includes a set of techniques to modify the design of integrated circuits (IC) in order to make them more manufacturable, i.e., to improve their functional yield, parametric yield, or their reliability.
Design for manufacturability (DFM) refers to the general engineering art of designing products in such a way that they are easy to manufacture. The basic idea exists in almost all engineering disciplines, but of course the details differ wildly depending on the manufacturing technology.
