An increasing number of engineers are embracing design for manufacturing (DFM) to streamline their production workflow. Industry leaders such as Apple, GE, and Samsung have already adopted DFM as part of their standard practices. If you’re using the “over the wall” engineering strategy—one where the design team completes their work and then tosses it to the manufacturing team to figure out production details—it might be a good time to revise your production process.

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