Design for Manufacturing and Assembly Course

Name: Design for Manufacturing and Assembly (DFMA) Advanced Training Course
Availability: InStock

Simplify product architecture, improve assembly decisions, verify manufacturing feasibility, and build costed redesign evidence.

Design for Manufacturing and Assembly Course

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Duration: 1 Week
Format: Classroom
Cities: Langkawi, Athens, Singapore, Zanzibar, Kuala Lumpur, San Diego and more
Next session: 15 – 19 November 2026, Langkawi
Average fee: 7,500 €

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Design for Manufacturing and Assembly (DFMA) Advanced Training Course

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Overview

Design for Manufacturing and Assembly (DFMA) Advanced Training Course is a one-week course for product, manufacturing, industrial, assembly, cost, and quality functions who leave with a DFMA Redesign and Should-Cost Dossier. Participants connect product architecture, part-count reduction, Design for Assembly, manufacturing feasibility, tolerance decisions, process selection, assembly sequencing, and cost evidence. Agile Leaders Training Center presents Design for Manufacturing and Assembly through measurable redesign decisions.

Who Should Attend

Product-design functions responsible for architecture, geometry, interfaces, and release decisions
Manufacturing-engineering functions responsible for process capability and production feasibility
Industrial and assembly functions responsible for work sequence, handling, insertion, and fastening
Cost-engineering functions responsible for should-cost evidence and sourcing comparisons
Quality and new-product functions responsible for variation, mistake-proofing, and production readiness

The course assumes participants review product drawings, bills of materials, processes, or cost data at work and leaves proprietary software certification and machine-operation training outside its scope.

Departments and Industries

The course supports departments and industries that convert product concepts into repeatable manufacturing and assembly decisions.

Product development, industrial design, and engineering functions
Manufacturing engineering, production, and new-product introduction teams
Automotive, aerospace, electronics, and industrial-equipment organizations
Medical-device, consumer-product, and contract-manufacturing organizations
Quality, procurement, supplier development, and cost engineering

Learning Objectives

By the end of this course, participants will be able to:

Analyze product architecture against minimum-part criteria
Apply handling, insertion, fastening, and sequencing assessments
Evaluate material, process, geometry, and tolerance feasibility
Build should-cost estimates from manufacturing evidence
Compare redesign options using DFMA scoring and trade-offs
Develop a cross-functional DFMA redesign dossier

Course Agenda

Day 1: Frame the DFMA Study

DFMA Scope and Product-Family Selection Matrix
Functional Architecture and Design Bill of Materials Map
Minimum-Part Criteria Analysis Sheet
Part Consolidation and Standardization Opportunity Register
Cross-Functional Design Review Charter

Day 2: Analyze Design for Assembly

Part Handling and Orientation Difficulty Scorecard
Insertion, Alignment, and Access Assessment Method
Fastener and Joining Method Decision Matrix
Assembly Sequence and Precedence Diagram
Mistake-Proofing and Serviceability Review Checklist

Day 3: Evaluate Design for Manufacture

Material and Manufacturing Process Selection Matrix
Geometry and Feature Feasibility Checklist
Tolerance, Variation, and Process Capability Review
Tooling and Secondary-Operation Driver Map
Supplier Capability and Production Feedback Log

Day 4: Build Costed Redesign Options

Material, Cycle, Setup, Tooling, and Overhead Cost Model
Assembly Time and Labor Cost Estimate
DFMA Baseline and Redesign Comparison Scorecard
Quality, Maintainability, and Supply-Risk Trade-Off Matrix
Design Release and Manufacturing Data Package

Day 5: Practice DFMA Redesign

Suggested Exercise: Test Minimum-Part Criteria
Suggested Exercise: Diagnose Assembly Difficulty
Suggested Exercise: Review Manufacturing Feasibility
Suggested Exercise: Compare Costed Redesign Concepts
Capstone Exercise: Present a DFMA Redesign and Should-Cost Dossier

Practical Exercises

The course uses suggested activities to turn product evidence into traceable DFMA redesign decisions.

Suggested activity: analyze a mechanical or electromechanical assembly for part elimination, consolidation, and standardization.
Suggested activity: score handling, orientation, insertion, fastening, and assembly-sequence difficulty.
Suggested activity: challenge material, process, tolerance, tooling, and supplier assumptions against manufacturing capability.
Suggested activity: present a costed redesign with quality, service, supply, and implementation trade-offs.

FAQs

Who suits Design for Manufacturing and Assembly training, and what does it assume?

Design for Manufacturing and Assembly training suits cross-functional product teams that already use drawings, bills of materials, process information, or cost evidence and need a structured redesign method.

How does DFMA training differ from general lean manufacturing training?

DFMA training changes product architecture, parts, features, processes, and assembly decisions before or during design release, while general lean training primarily improves waste and flow in operating processes.

What does minimum part count mean in DFMA?

Minimum part count is a structured challenge to whether each separate part must move, use a different material, or remain separate for necessary assembly or service reasons.

How does Design for Assembly reduce assembly difficulty?

Design for Assembly reduces difficulty by simplifying orientation, handling, insertion, access, fastening, joining, sequencing, and mistake-proofing while preserving required function and service needs.

How does DFMA should-cost support redesign decisions?

DFMA should-cost links material, process, cycle, setup, tooling, secondary operations, assembly labor, and overhead assumptions to comparable product concepts and supplier discussions.

Conclusion

Participants take a DFMA Redesign and Should-Cost Dossier back to their organization. It links architecture, part analysis, assembly difficulty, manufacturing feasibility, cost evidence, design scores, and trade-offs. The dossier changes disconnected design reviews into a traceable route for selecting and releasing production-ready concepts.

credits: 5 credit per day

Course Mode: full-time

Provider: Agile Leaders Training Center

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Location	Dates	Duration	Mode	Price
Langkawi	Week 46, 2026 15 – 19 November 2026	1 Week	Onsite	€8,000
Athens	Week 48, 2026 23 – 27 November 2026	1 Week	Onsite	€7,500
Singapore	Week 49, 2026 30 November – 4 December 2026	1 Week	Onsite	€6,500
Zanzibar	Week 50, 2026 13 – 17 December 2026	1 Week	Onsite	€6,000
Kuala Lumpur	Week 52, 2026 21 – 25 December 2026	1 Week	Onsite	€6,500
San Diego	Week 52, 2026 21 – 25 December 2026	1 Week	Onsite	€16,000
Johannesburg	Week 53, 2027 3 – 7 January 2027	1 Week	Onsite	€6,000
Barcelona	Week 01, 2027 4 – 8 January 2027	1 Week	Onsite	€6,500
Bangkok	Week 01, 2027 10 – 14 January 2027	1 Week	Onsite	€8,000
Baku	Week 02, 2027 11 – 15 January 2027	1 Week	Onsite	€8,000
Phuket	Week 02, 2027 17 – 21 January 2027	1 Week	Onsite	€8,000
Casablanca	Week 05, 2027 1 – 5 February 2027	1 Week	Onsite	€6,000
Muscat	Week 05, 2027 7 – 11 February 2027	1 Week	Onsite	€6,500
Munich	Week 07, 2027 15 – 19 February 2027	1 Week	Onsite	€6,500
Trabzon	Week 07, 2027 21 – 25 February 2027	1 Week	Onsite	€8,000
Sharm El-Sheikh	Week 09, 2027 1 – 5 March 2027	1 Week	Onsite	€5,200
Prague	Week 11, 2027 15 – 19 March 2027	1 Week	Onsite	€7,500
Dubai	Week 12, 2027 22 – 26 March 2027	1 Week	Onsite	€6,500
Kuwait	Week 12, 2027 28 March – 1 April 2027	1 Week	Onsite	€7,000
Milan	Week 13, 2027 29 March – 2 April 2027	1 Week	Onsite	€7,000

Frequently asked questions

What does this course cover?

OverviewDesign for Manufacturing and Assembly (DFMA) Advanced Training Course is a one-week course for product, manufacturing, industrial, assembly, cost, and quality functions who leave with a DFMA Redesign and Should-Cost Dossier. Participants connect product architecture, part-count reduction, Design for Assembly, manufacturing feasibility, tolerance d…

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Design for Manufacturing and Assembly Course