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Manufacturing Partners Offer Expert DFM/DFX Services
Manufacturing partners continue to evolve into strategic partners for OEMs with expert DFM/DFX services that improve product quality, reduce costs, and accelerate time-to-market. Here's what our experts have to say:
April 28, 2025
As the manufacturing landscape becomes more competitive and innovation cycles shorten, contract manufacturers are taking on a more strategic role in product development. One of the most significant shifts is the growing emphasis on Design for Manufacturability (DFM) and Design for Excellence (DFX). Rather than simply executing pre-defined builds, contract manufacturers are now engaging earlier in the process to provide valuable design input that optimizes parts for cost, quality, scalability, and regulatory compliance.
This evolution is reshaping the way manufacturers collaborate with their customers—transforming the relationship from transactional to consultative. By offering DFM/DFX expertise, contract manufacturers can help reduce production risks, shorten lead times, and enhance overall product performance. Here's what our experts have to say:
When we’re brought in early for DFM/DFX reviews, our engineering team can help identify manufacturability and cost risks before they become production issues. By rapidly prototyping and validating designs up front, we help customers move through development faster and with more confidence.
Early collaboration also strengthens cross-functional alignment between design, manufacturing, and supply chain teams, making production launches more efficient and scalable. Beyond solving immediate challenges, we guide customers on how to future-proof their designs for automation, global sourcing, and growth. For example, one of our teams is currently supporting a next-generation product by offering design insights that improve both manufacturability and long-term flexibility.
Jeff Lunda
Director of Engineering
I’ve been fortunate to support customer DFM/DFX efforts for most of the past 27 years. From the beginning, we’ve emphasized early supplier involvement as a way to reduce costs and create new opportunities. What’s changed recently is the level of proactive engagement—we’re now seeing more customers coming to us early specifically for these services, which is a great shift.
A successful collaboration benefits both sides. The customer ends up with a simplified design that lowers cost, improves quality, and shortens the timeline from prototype to production. On our end, we’re able to secure new business and shape designs to better align with our equipment, processes, and supply chain partners. Everyone wins when we build smarter, together.
Dan Merkle
Director of Solutions Engineering
Collaboration is one of our core values at 成人b站, and it plays a key role in helping customers move from concept to full-scale production—what we call Speed to Scale. Effective DFM on the front end reduces cost, improves quality, and helps build lasting customer relationships. Many customers excel at design but rely on our fabrication expertise to bring their ideas to life in a manufacturable, scalable way.
From a compliance standpoint, good DFM ensures we meet design intent and drawing specifications from the start. It also supports traceability through thorough documentation and repeatable processes. Most importantly, our DFM approach focuses on long-term product quality—helping ensure that what we build today performs reliably well into the future.
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