Track: Manufacturing
Abstract
Changes in lifestyles and consumers need the manufacturing industry to offer new products to stay competitive. A new product could be developed by improving the current product design (redesign) and aiming at cost reduction, higher customer satisfaction, and product reliability. Design for Manufacturing and Assembly (DFMA) is a concurrent product and process development approach that focuses on cost reduction by considering ease to manufacture and assembly. Besides manufacturability, product reliability is also an essential factor in the early design phase. The consequences of unreliable products could be very costly and even lead to market share loss. The primary purpose of this study is to provide insight based on current works of literature and propose future research opportunities on product redesign based on the integration of DFMA and Design for Reliability (DFR). Relevant articles and bibliometric analysis were gathered from the Scopus database. This paper results in a systematic review of the past five years by investigating and discussing past and current DFMA and DFR for product redesign. The further research direction of product redesign framework based on DFMA approach and reliability prediction in the early design phase of product development.