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DESIGN FOR EXCELLENCE (DfX)

A sustainable increase in productivity requires an interplay of technology and organization over the entire product life cycle. cross-ING works on an interdisciplinary basis. The team focuses on value creation and has a clear system for analysis and planning.

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Topics

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How high are your quality costs?
Life cycle costs taken into account?
What about lead time?
Procurement and/or manufacturing costs?

Do you have enough margin?

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3D visualization without effort?
Unambiguous work instructions?
Does your marketing know the potential?

Is your product design aligned with procurement?

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Do you offer a wide range of variants?
Do lead time and quality costs fit?
Have you considered standardization?

Do you use your resources for innovation?

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Is your design appealing?
Are ergonomics and functionality in harmony?
Is it intuitive?

Are your customers happy about the intuitive use?

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Traceable procurement time and costs?
Cross-site production?
Documentation standard given?
Suitable supplier portfolio?

Is your product design aligned with procurement?

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Are customized products your goal?
Does development automation mean something to you?
Parametric CAD? CAD systems?

Can you automate your CAD models?

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Our DfX Solutions

Produktkostensenkung
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Product cost reduction

  • We identify starting points and develop concepts for your cost reduction

  • Functional cost analysis: frugal approach

  • Potential work processes

  • Manufacturing process potentials

Your Benefits​

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Product modularization

  • We act as a sparring partner and provide support and advice from interdisciplinary experts. 

  • Analysis of market & value chain requirements

  • Definition of modules & interfaces

  • Definition of variants

  • Product function structure

Your Benefits

  • Increased competitiveness

  • Rapid quotation creation thanks to configurability

  • Capacity for innovation

  • Further optimization through model-based Systems Engineering, Automation and OPEX - all from a single source

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Procurement & Logistics

  • ​​Supplier portfolio analysis

  • Documentation standardization

  • Component standardization

  • Potential logistics costs & lead time

  • Second source concept

Your Benefits

  • Partnership with suitable suppliers

  • Uniform documentation standards

  • Increased supplier volume = negotiating power

  • Reduction in procurement & logistics costs with preservation of functionalities

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3D animierte Dokumentationen

  • We get the most out of your existing CAD data.

  • Employee training

  • Implementation of 3D-animated documentation

Your Benefits

  • Products can be experienced digitally, Reduced travel costs

  • Autonomous learning processes

  • Quick, independent animation creation without agency costs

  • Counteract skills shortages with knowledge documentation

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User Centered Design

We incorporate your user requirements into the product design. 

Your Benefits

  • Visually appealing

  • Enhanced user experience

  • Increased market acceptance

  • Comprehensive mapping of user requirements in the product design

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Parametrische CAD Systeme

  • Creation of parametric CAD models

  • Employee training

Your Benefits

  • Sales variant configurator

  • Automated CAD model creation via parameters

  • More interesting work content for employees

  • Increased capacity for development activities

Produktmodularisierung
Beschaffung & Logistik
3D animierte Dokumentationen
User Centered Design
Parametrische CAD Systeme

Our DfX Services

  • Analysis of market requirements & value chain

  • Analysis of supplier portfolio

  • Definition of modules & interfaces

  • Definition of variants

  • Documentation standardization

  • Creation of parametric CAD models

  • Functional cost analysis

  • Component standardization

  • Staff training

  • Recording user requirements

  • Potential work processes

  • Manufacturing process potentials

  • Potential logistics costs & lead time

  • Product function structure

  • Second source concept

  • Implementation of 3D-animated documentation

DfX Team

We methodically develop cost-optimized products that are tailored to the customer's own value chain.


Rene Schneebeli

Chief Competence Center DfX

dfx@cross-ING.ch

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Rene Schneebeli
Chief Competence Center DfX

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Patrice
Competence Center Member

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Tobias
Competence Center Member

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Stefan
Competence Center Member

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Richard
Competence Center Member

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