DFMA = DFM + DFA, respectively Design for Manufacturing, and Design for Assembly. DFM looks at the cost for manufacturing plastic parts individually. DFA looks at the cost of assembling those parts together to make the finished product. Together DFMA is the philosophy of making the parts and products to be lean from the very beginning. This avoids expensive engineering changes later. It also makes for a lower cost, better reliability, and better-quality product. DFMA pulls in the participation of all the relevant departments (internal and external) at the design stage, where 70 to 80% of a product’s total cost is established. The material to be used, the type of manufacturing process, the assembly processes are all defined at the design stage. Without DFMA bad design decisions may be carried over into the mass production stage where costs and risks to start over are very high. This webinar will examine the application of DFMA philosophy to molded plastic parts – how to produce the molded parts productively, and how plastic parts can incorporate many features that ease assembly into the finished product.