Development of design for manufacture

摘要

The development of term “Design for Manufacture” datesback to the late 1970s when Boothroyd and Dewhurst developed amethodology for evaluating the assembly of mechanical structures. In1984, General Electric's Center of Excellence in Electronics developed acomputerized approach to evaluating electronics board level assemblycalled “Manufacturability Rating System” (MRS). Thebeginnings of the Design for Manufacture have seen many differentattempts to provide a tool for specific purposes, but have not witnesseda total systems approach. During the 1980s and 1990s, terms like Designfor Test, Design for the Environment, and Design for X have appeared asmethodologies for solving the problem of making designs more compatiblewith manufacturing. This paper considers the direction of early Designfor Manufacture tools and their impact on the development of tools thatevaluate the entire product stream and address the total product cycle