Using DFMA to Rethink Your China Manufacturing Strategy: Boothroyd Dewhurst Announces October 16, 2008 Webinar

WAKEFIELD, R.I.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Manufacturing strategists and CFOs are invited by Boothroyd Dewhurst, Inc. to a webinar titled “Using DFMA to Rethink Your China Manufacturing Strategy,” October 16, 2008, 11:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. EDT. Registration is at https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/895440868.

“Our webinar is going to tackle offshore cost issues head-on and show the alternatives”

The one-hour webinar will address product manufacture and cost prediction issues critical to making sound financial decisions about whether to produce goods in the U.S. or at offshore locations such as China. Areas of discussion will include:

• Do manufacturers know how to forecast new product costs beyond using quotes from last-generation designs?
• Can final product costs for innovative “napkin-stage” ideas be closely predicted?
• What are the hidden costs of offshoring?
• What are the secrets to producing the lowest cost product, anywhere?
• Who is beating the advantage of low offshore labor rates while still producing in the U.S.?

“Our webinar is going to tackle offshore cost issues head-on and show the alternatives,” says Nick Dewhurst, executive vice president of Boothroyd Dewhurst. “The lure of extremely low labor rates has driven many U.S. manufacturers overseas to China. But that strategy is often misguided. We will show how labor and operational costs can be systematically engineered out of designs, resulting in elegant, profitable products that can be built in the U.S. The Design for Manufacture and Assembly (DFMA) approach works for low-volume medical systems, high-volume consumer electronic goods, and countless other products and industries.”

About Boothroyd Dewhurst, Inc.

Boothroyd Dewhurst, Inc., was the first company to commercialize Design for Manufacture and Assembly (DFMA) methodologies and software tools, which make it possible to evaluate, estimate, and reduce the manufacturing cost of a product in the design phase through product simplification and cost estimation. Hundreds of Fortune 1000 companies, including Dell, John Deere, Harley-Davidson, and Whirlpool, use DFMA to cut the costs of their manufactured products and achieve design innovation in their markets. The company was founded in 1983 and received the National Medal of Technology Award in 1991. For more information about DFMA software, workshops, consulting services, and international conferences, contact Boothroyd Dewhurst, Inc., 138 Main Street, Wakefield, R.I. 02879, USA. Tel. (401) 783-5840. Fax (401) 783-6872. Web site: www.dfma.com. E-mail: info@dfma.com.