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Fred Johnson of Ortho Clinical Diagnostics Receives DFMA Supporter of the Year at the 2017 International Forum on DFMA®
WAKEFIELD, R.I., USA, June 21, 2017 - The “Distinguished DFMA Supporter of the Year” award, offered annually at the Boothroyd Dewhurst International Forum on Design for Manufacture and Assembly (DFMA®), was given this year to Fred Johnson, senior technical cost engineer at Ortho Clinical Diagnostics.
The 2017 Forum was held in Providence, RI, June 6-7, and is the foremost conference worldwide on DFMA methodologies and software for product simplification and early costing. This year’s theme, “Designing Difference,” served to highlight how DFMA-integrated teams distinguish their products and organizations through data-driven decisions and subsequent collaboration.
“Our DFMA Supporter of the Year award acknowledges
people and teams that work together in exceptional ways to
improve products and educate others in industry,” said John
Gilligan, president of Boothroyd Dewhurst, Inc. “Fred Johnson
and his colleagues moved quickly in the space of only 18 months
to redesign and cost-out some 33 projects—identifying and
capturing a potential 32.7 million dollars in lifetime savings.
This is a remarkable achievement, particularly in that these are
low-volume products where cost reduction steps are not amplified
by high production counts.”
Further illustrating the power of teamwork and use of DFMA, Kohler Company engineers Bill Devenish, Ben Marotz, Stephanie Freier, Matthieu Da Rocha and Adam Guenther hosted a panel discussion at the Forum titled “The Bold Look of DFMA at Kohler.” The company has succeeded in establishing a strong implementation path across disciplines and product categories that enhances their existing Lean and new product development efforts. The Kohler team reported excellent cost and performance benchmarks.
Dell EMC, Raytheon and Dynisco also addressed DFMA
integration across the disciplines of management, manufacturing,
design, test and service, which are sometimes called Design for
eXcellence (DFX). DFMA is complementary to DFX and they are
often undertaken as a whole to ensure that requirements by all
stakeholders in an organization are efficiently met.
Rounding out the Forum were presentations by
Dymotek
(creating parts and consolidated assemblies via Liquid Silicone
Rubber) and the
University of Dayton (understanding DFMA
“manufacturability” issues and goals within various Additive
Manufacturing approaches).
About Boothroyd Dewhurst, Inc.
Boothroyd Dewhurst, Inc. was the first company to commercialize Design for Manufacture and Assembly (DFMA) methodologies and software tools, which make it possible to evaluate, estimate, and reduce the manufacturing cost of a product in the design phase through product simplification and cost estimation. Hundreds of Fortune 1000 companies, including Dell, John Deere, and Boeing, use DFMA to cut the costs of their manufactured products and achieve design innovation in their markets. The company was founded in 1983 and received the National Medal of Technology Award in 1991. For more information about DFMA software, workshops, consulting services, and international conferences, contact Boothroyd Dewhurst, Inc., 138 Main Street, Wakefield, R.I. 02879, USA. Tel. (401) 783-5840. Fax (401) 783-6872. Web site: www.dfma.com. E-mail: info@dfma.com.
DFMA is a registered trademark of Boothroyd Dewhurst, Inc.
(Left) Bill Devenish, principal engineer-Global DFx at the Kohler Company, on behalf of his 2016 winning team, passed this year’s 2017 “Distinguished DFMA Supporter of the Year” award to Fred Johnson, senior technical cost engineer representing Ortho Clinical Diagnostics. John Gilligan (right), president of Boothroyd Dewhurst, Inc. made the award announcement on June 6 at the 32nd annual Boothroyd Dewhurst International Forum on Design for Manufacture and Assembly held in Providence, RI, USA.
