1 Introduction: DFM Concepts -- 1.1 Why concurrent engineering? -- 1.2 Concurrent engineering as a competitive weapon -- 1.3 Using structure charts to describe the process of concurrent engineering -- 1.4 Concurrent engineering strategy and expected benefits to new product introduction -- 1.5 Concurrent engineering results in the introduction of a new electronic product -- 1.6 Conclusion -- Suggested reading -- 2 New Product Design and Development Process -- 2.1 The overall product life cycle model -- 2.2 The role of technology in product development and obsolescence -- 2.3 The total product development process -- 2.4 The design project phases: milestones and checkpoints -- 2.5 Project tracking and control -- 2.6 Conclusion -- Suggested reading -- 3 Principles of Design for Manufacturing -- 3.1 The axiomatic theory of design -- 3.2 The design guidelines -- 3.3 A DFM example: The IBM Proprinter -- 3.4 Setting and measuring the design process goals -- 3.5 Conclusion -- References and suggested reading -- 4 Product Specifications and Manufacturing Process Tolerances -- 4.1 The definition of tolerance limits and process capability -- 4.2 The relationship between manufacturing variability and product specifications for new products -- 4.3 Manufacturing variability measurement and control -- 4.4 Setting the process capability index -- 4.5 Conclusion -- Suggested reading -- 5 Organizing, Managing, and Measuring Concurrent Engineering -- 5.1 Functional roles in concurrent engineering: Design, manufacturing, marketing, quality, and sales -- 5.2 Design guidelines -- 5.3 Organizing for concurrent engineering -- 5.4 Measuring concurrent engineering -- 5.5 Conclusion -- Suggested reading -- 6 Robust Designs and Variability Reduction -- 6.1 On-line and off-line quality engineering -- 6.2 Robust design techniques -- 6.3 Robust design tool set -- 6.4 Use of robust methods in engineering design projects -- 6.5 Conclusion -- Suggested reading -- 7 Customer-Driven Engineering. Quality Function Deployment -- 7.1 Introduction -- 7.2 Quality function deployment -- 7.3 QFD and design systems -- 7.4 The four phases of QFD -- 7.5 Quality function deployment case study -- 7.6 Conclusion -- 7.7 Glossary of QFD terms -- Suggested reading -- 8 The Manufacturing Process and Design Ratings -- 8.1 The manufacturing process for electronic products -- 8.2 Design ratings for manual assembly -- 8.3 Design for automation and robotics -- 8.4 Examples of design for manufacture efficiency -- 8.5 Conclusion -- Suggested reading -- 9 Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerance Analysis -- 9.1 GDT elements and definitions -- 9.2 Cylindrical tolerance zones -- 9.3 Datums -- 9.4 MMC, LMC, and RFS -- 9.5 Controls -- 9.6 Feature control frame -- 9.7 Tolerance analysis -- 9.8 Tolerance analysis case study -- 9.9 Conclusion -- Suggested reading -- 10 Design for Manufacture of Printed Circuit Boards -- 10.1 Printed circuit design -- 10.2 DFM program requirements -- 10.3 Performance measures -- 10.4 Overall process -- 10.5 Conclusion -- Suggested reading -- 11 Reliability Enhancement Measures for Design and Manufacturing -- 11.1 Product reliability systems -- 11.2 Design tools and techniques for enhancing reliability -- 11.3 Product testing for enhancing reliability in design and manufacturing -- 11.4 Defect tracking in the field -- 11.5 Summary -- Suggested reading -- 12 Tools for Dfm: The Role of Information Technology in DFM -- 12.1 Information technology's role in DFM -- 12.2 Information technology requirements for DFM -- 12.3 Planning the implementation of technology to support DFM -- 12.4 Implementing DFM technology -- 12.5 Lessons learned -- 12.6 Conclusion -- References and suggested reading -- 13 Knowledge-Based Engineering -- 13.1 Limitations of traditional CAD systems -- 13.2 Knowledge-based systems -- 13.3 Design example: plastic mold design -- 13.4 Summary -- Appendix A -- References and suggested reading.