(Boothroyd Dewhurst Inc.: Wakefield, Rhode Island) -- Boothroyd Dewhurst Inc. will host the 23rd annual International Forum on design for manufacture and assembly (DFMA), on June 10-11, 2008. The forum, titled “DFMA Today: Leading the Way to Results,” will take place at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, Providence-Warwick, Rhode Island.

The forum is the foremost conference worldwide on DFMA methodologies and software. DFMA structures team knowledge and guides collaboration efforts vital to realizing design excellence and reducing product costs, providing early “should-cost” estimates for manufacturing processes and materials, and targeting opportunities for assembly part consolidation.

The forum provides insights to managers, strategists, and financial decision-makers, including product designers, manufacturing engineers, supply-chain managers, and purchasing personnel. Papers offered this year cover topics such as lean accounting, rapid manufacture, DFMA and product life cycle management, “win-win” supply-chain negotiations, and DFMA’s role in reducing downstream organization costs through design and process simplification.

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