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Product Design Made Better

Product Design Made Better

Product designs are getting smaller and must fit into ever more constrained packages.  This means demands are made on the designers like never before.  Placement and routing considerations need to take more than just electrical constraints into account. 

Valor Process Risk Assessment will help designers make more produceable designs.

A day in the life of...

The Product Designer

Electronics have entered just every product in our daily lives.  Even tennis shoes are being outfitted with electronics.  People now base their decision to buy a car as much on the entertainment system as on the engine. And windows to market close almost as quickly as they open.  Production delays can sound the deathknell to a promising product. 
 
So how do designers cope?  How do they maintain quality without sacrificing their delivery targets?  How do they ensure that production constraints are integrated into the design and layout cycle? 
 
In short - by making sure their designs fit all the constraints of production BEFORE production actually begins.  This requires close cooperation between the design and manufacturing departments or between OEM and EMS.
 
That's where the Valor Process Risk Analyzer comes in.  As part of the Valor Process Prep suite, this powerful design-for-manufacturing (DFM) analysis tool points out problems before they hit the production line. Way back in the 1990's the Valor team wrote the book on DFM.  And they are still blazing a trail 30 years later.
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DFM at Phoenix Contact

See how Phoenix Contact, a major German OEM supplier, uses DFM to get their jobs production-ready in the early design phases.
Our Solution

Valor Process Risk Analyzer

See what the Process Risk Analyzer can do for you.
BETTER DESIGNS
Make sure designs are ready before production starts with the industry's leading design-for-manafucturing (DFM)  tool set.
 
BETTER QUOTES
Use the Production Cost Calculator to factor production risks into your EMS quoting process.
 
QUICKER TURNAROUND
Fewer errors means fewer "spins" and quicker time-to-market.
 
LOWER COSTS
Fewer "spins" and fewer errors means reduced costs both during the production cycle and in the after-market.
 
PRODUCT SATISFACTION
A better product means happier customers. It's as simple as that!
 
IMAGE ENHANCEMENT
A better product means a better company image.
 
Component placement simulation: What you see is what you get

Benefits of a production simulation by using a digital twin

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The combination of CAD and MPN means:

  • recognition of potential problems
  • better component procurement
  • higher production quality through improved soldering processes
  • visual monitoring of all processes eliminates blind spots

Would you like to know more? Do you have any questions?

Valor Process Risk Assessment is a market-proven, powerful tool that helps designers create better designs for production.