DfMA History
DfMA is credited for saving the Ford Motor Company billions in the manufacture of this automobile.
What is the Ford Taurus?
A manufacturing technology that organizes mass production. Generally credited with the creation of the assembly line.
What is Fordism?
An acronym meaning Design for Manufacture and Assembly.
What is DfMA?
Area of DfMA related to piping prefabrication.
What is Manufacture?
The Fabulous Freight Container is transported by this.
What is a flatbed semi truck?
One of the earliest applications of DfMA principles was used in the manufacture of these.
What are muskets?
He originated Scientific Management.
Who was Frederick W. Taylor?
The design approaches studied in this course focus on ease of _________ and efficiency of ________.
What are ease of manufacture and efficiency of assembly?
Area of DfMA related to pipng coordination and spooling.
What is Design?
This FFC module will help to train apprentices in plumbing fixture rough-in.
What is the water closet carrier waste and vent module?
Another name for Scientific Management.
What is Taylorism?
This company, still in existence today, was founded by two University of Massachusetts professors.
What is Boothroyd Dewhurst or DfMA?
Reducing the number of these reduces the number of assembly operations.
What is the number of parts in an assembley?
Area of DfMA related to field installation.
What is Assembly?
90% of one side of the FFC is actually this.
What is a ramp door?
President George Bush presented this award for DfMA concept, commercialization and development in 1991.
What is the National Medal of Technology?
He is generally credited with originating the research that would become the basis of DfMA.
Who is Geoffrey Boothroyd?
Reducing the number of assembly operations reduces these.
What are time and costs?
A Design for Assembly consideration that could impact the ability to transport the assembly within the building.
What are size requirements?
This FFC module will help to train apprentices in HVAC systems maintenance.
What is the split system air conditioning module?
Generally accepted as the year that DFM originated.
What is 1788?
He devised the concept of interchangeable parts for manufacturing.
Who was Henri Le Blanc?
A theory of management that analyzes and synthesizes workflows.
What is scientific management?
A Design for Manufacture consideration could impact the time required to manufacture a piping spool.
What is inclusion of unnecessary fittings?
The FFC fire protection module is an example of this type of fire suppression system.
What is a Vortex system?