Design for Procurement (DFP)
Design For Procurement (DFP) forms part of Axioms Design For eXcellence (DFX) service offering (which also covers Design For Manufacture (DFM) and Design For Test (DFT)).
The benefits of which are:-
- Better-designed
- Higher quality products
- which have a shorter time-to-market.
The selection of the right components, materials and suppliers along with appropriate terms and conditions has a major impact on the whole project cost, program flexibility, product yield, manufacturing efficiency and end of program liability.
By implementing DFP techniques you will achieve:-
- Reduced material lead time
- Reduce end of life/obsolescence risk (re-design costs)
- Reduce material liability
- Reduced time to market
- Utilisation of Axiom standard component catalogue