Fast Track
If you're flexible with travel, jump ahead by selecting one of the recommended facilities to the right.
Otherwise, the form below helps drill down from state to city to a specific training facility for your Design for Assembly (DFA) Training class.
Recommended States
Pre-enrollment is accepted until the minimum student requirement is met.
Once enough students have signed up, then we will reach out to process your payment.
If minimum enrollment is not attained, we may ask that you consider an alternate date or location.
With that in mind, would any of the 4 states be possible for you?
Facilities in these states either have a low minimum student requirement, or already have students signing up:
All States
However, if travel is a limitation for you and none of the states above will work, don't worry. We have several options.
And if none of those below suit your needs, feel free to contact us and make a request.
We will do everything possible to accomodate.
A common request we receive is to do on-site training for companies seeking to get several employees trained at the same time.
About Design for Assembly (DFA) Training
Who is Design for Assembly (DFA) Training for?
Design for Assembly is usually used by Product Design and Development Engineers. Manufacturing, Production, and Quality Engineers; and Procurement professionals must also know DFA to effectively participate in design reviews and assess and challenge the use of DFA or lack thereof. Managers of these functions should understand the terminology and concepts. If you are in or want to be in one of those roles, then DFA Training is for you. In our course, students learn:
Design for Assembly (DFA) Training Course Overview:
Total cost means across the entire company or enterprise; not just total material cost or departmental cost of the Product Design team. Designers must consider implications of capital investment needed for production equipment, utilities, production labor, inspection labor, warranty, etc. Usually, theses costs can be reduced through product simplification, especially those requiring less parts. Students will see how to assess assembly methods, choose one, then quantify the assembly efficiency of their designs using the chosen assembly method.
