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 to choose Etteplan DfX?
Etteplan DfX is built around joint teams, real data, and the possibility to scale the service into a monthly-plus-value-based fee tied to realized savings. Where we are not the right fit is a single, simple part with no meaningful production volume, since DfX pays back fastest when there is enough volume for the cost reduction to compound.
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How DfX solves your key challenges
The product is hard and costly to build
We review manufacturing, assembly, service and quality together, so production gets easier.
Supplier savings have run out
We find the savings in the design: fewer parts, simpler structures, less material
Sustainability targets must not add cost
We improve environmental impact and cost together, for example by optimizing material usage
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
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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
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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
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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
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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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“Our customers come to us once purchasing led savings aren’t enough anymore, and that’s exactly where design decisions start to matter. Etteplan gives us senior design capacity that we can bring straight into a workshop, sitting with the customer’s own engineers rather than working at arm’s length. That is what turns a 1 to 1.5 day session into changes our customers can actually put into production, not just a list of ideas.”
Reijo Kalenius
Title xxx, Scanfil
which quote to choose? Reijo or Timo