At RMD, it’s clear to us that medical device engineers are under immense pressure relative to the cost and speed of delivery of their projects. We take great pride in our ability to come alongside project engineers to help with Design for Manufacturability.
What Is Medical Device Design for Manufacturability (DFM)?
DFM is focused on streamlining the product design process and optimizing it for manufacturing. To achieve this, DFM requires refining the product at every stage to ensure maximum efficacy.
Most everyone at this point in the medical device industry agrees that DFM is a process that should be undertaken as early on in the design process as possible.
OEMs, both large and small, should take advantage of the relationship with their contract manufacturing partners to gain a better understanding of their product and the purpose it will serve early on to help answer questions such as:
Can this be produced as it has been designed?
Are there any variabilities that manufacturing will introduce to the initial product design? And if so, how can they best be addressed?
Because even the most minor adjustments from the manufacturing side can significantly impact the product, both positively or negatively, it’s a good idea to engage an experienced medical device contract manufacturing company early on.
Additionally, failure to consider manufacturability during the design process often leads to a dramatic rise in manufacturing costs.
Institutional knowledge can play an important part during the design and development process. The advantages of working with an experienced medical device contract manufacturing company such as RMD can provide significant dividends, both for large OEMs and early-stage medical device companies.
Design for Manufacturing Efficiency
Design for manufacturing efficiency is a unique aspect that we bring to the DFM process here at RMD. With over 45 years of medical device manufacturing experience and a team of industry experts, we understand that the projects with the best outcomes have manufacturing efficiency planned into them.
Having foresight and then the opportunities to enhance manufacturing of the medical device from the start can lead to a more positive outcome, especially given the regulations of our industry.
Design for manufacturing efficiency can reduce production problems while positively impacting the product’s overall production cost.
Work With Us
As an experienced contract manufacturing company with a history of excellence, we would be delighted to work with you on your project.
Please get in touch with us today to get started.
