Etteplan DfX
Cut your manufacturing, assembly and lifecycle costs 10 to 50 percent before your design reaches production with Etteplan AI-supported DfX (Design for Excellence) service.
Why choose Etteplan as your DfX partner
Builds your capability, not just a report
Etteplan DfX is built around joint teams with your engineers, with the explicit goal of building lasting DfX capability inside your team.
Works on your real product data
Etteplan DfX runs on your real product data (CAD, BOM, cost breakdowns, drawings), so findings tie to actual parts and suppliers, not a generic checklist.
Pricing tied to results
Etteplan DfX cooperation typically starts with a fixed price workshop and can scale into a monthly fee plus a value-based fee tied to realized savings.
Proven across many projects
Etteplan DfX is developed and field-tested over 15+ years.
Etteplan DfX - AI-supported method built with your engineers
DfX is not a single tool or a one-time audit. It is a repeatable method, backed by tools, rules, and engineering criteria built up over 15+ years, applied together with your engineers rather than outsourced away from them. Etteplan combines this method with AI: a small cross-functional team of 2 to 5 people works in short sprints alongside an AI-powered Virtual Engineer, which handles time-consuming analysis so engineers can focus on judgment calls.
Findings based on your real product data
Depending on your product and goals, a review can combine Design for Cost, Design for Manufacturing, Design for Assembly, Design for Service and Maintenance, Design for Quality and Reliability, and Design for Sustainability. Work runs on your real product data, CAD, BOM, cost breakdowns, drawings, so findings tie to actual parts and suppliers, not a generic checklist.
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How we work
- 1
Kickoff and DfX Discovery workshop
We review your product data (BOM, cost breakdown, CAD, requirements) beforehand and run a workshop to agree the scope and find the biggest cost-reduction concepts together.
- 2
Sprints, 1 to 2 weeks each
A joint team of 2 to 5 people from Etteplan and your side works with the Virtual Engineer to analyze, evaluate, compare, and turn findings into concrete redesign concepts.
- 3
Validation
Proposed changes are checked against cost, quality, and lead-time impact before you commit to implementation.
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Scaling into a continuous service
Learnings are embedded into your development pipeline, and the joint task force can continue as an ongoing service, priced with a fixed monthly fee plus a value-based share of realized cost savings.
10 to 50% lower product cost on in-house designed components
Etteplan's DfX method has delivered 10 to 50 percent product cost reduction on in-house designed components, by reducing part counts, simplifying structures, removing over-engineering, and optimizing material usage, developed and field-tested over 15+ years.
Lower production and supply chain costs for an off-highway manufacturer
On a recent engagement, an off-highway mobile equipment manufacturer embedded Etteplan's AI-assisted DfX service to systematically reduce manufacturing, assembly, testing, and supply chain costs while improving environmental impact.
Less project risk and rework in energy equipment delivery
On an energy equipment delivery project in Australia for a Nordic energy system provider, Etteplan applied AI-assisted requirements and compliance interpretation alongside DfX engineering instructions and ISO/EN standards. The customer saw reduced project risk, improved delivery reliability, lower project cost, and less rework after review.
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