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Design for manufacture and assembly is a product-development approach that combines design for manufacture (DFM) and design for assembly (DFA) to simplify product structures, reduce manufacturing and assembly costs, and address production considerations early in design. The methodology developed through academic and industrial research in the late 1970s and 1980s, then saw wider uptake through software tools and training. In 1991, Geoffrey Boothroyd and Peter Dewhurst received the U.S. National Medal of Technology and Innovation for the concept, development, and commercialization of DFMA. The term is also used in the architecture, engineering, and construction sectors, where DfMA emphasizes off-site manufacture, standardization, and platform approaches.
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