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Designing for Humans: Viewing DFM and Industrialization Through the Lens of the Fitts MABAâ€“MABA List

Emmanuel Odunlade — Fri, 30 Jan 2026 06:36:17 +0000

Low manufacturing yield, recurring quality escapes, and other stubborn production issues are usually viewed through the lenses of immature processes, inadequate operator training, and supplier variability. However, even in scenarios where these factors are contributors to the issues, they usually do not tell the whole story. A fundamental factor that is always missing in these...

Better Hardware Design Decisions, Faster: A Lean Teamâ€™s Guide to MDO

Emmanuel Odunlade — Mon, 12 May 2025 00:29:54 +0000

Designing hardware products today is more about navigating a tangled web of trade-offs - performance, power, thermal, mechanical, cost, software, complianceâ€¦Every decision creates ripple effects, and a single misstep in one dimension can derail progress across the board.

Multidisciplinary Design Optimization(MDO) reframes product development as a systems-level challenge, enabling teams to...

Optimizing Hardware Design: Reducing Iterations with DSM

Emmanuel Odunlade — Mon, 03 Mar 2025 11:02:39 +0000

Hardware development is rarely straightforward. Between complex interdependencies, long product development cycles, certification requirements, and more, even minor design changes can trigger significant ripple effects. Managing these intricacies efficiently is critical to avoiding costly delays and unnecessary iterations. This article provides a brief introduction to how systems architecture...