Founded in 1983, 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, Boeing and Whirlpool, use DFMA to cut the costs of their manufactured products and achieve design innovation in their markets. For more information about DFMA software, workshops, consulting services, and international conferences, visit www.dfma.com.