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NEW PRODUCT INTRODUCTION

Because excellence means getting it
right the first time.

Product optimization across all phases of Design and Development.
At Plexus, we’re relentlessly focused on providing world-class service that shortens your time
to market and optimizes your total cost of ownership. That’s why we provide our customers
with dedicated design for excellence (DFX) services and capabilities. When you integrate DFX
into your development cycles, you can eliminate surprises in new product introduction — which
can be the difference between launching on time and missing a market opportunity entirely.

Early risk mitigation.

Collaboration and customization.

Tight schedules, budget pressures or
a narrow focus on form and function
sometimes tempt companies to overlook
design for excellence. That’s almost
always a costly mistake. The results
can be disastrous — added product
redesign cycles, higher probability of
quality defects, missing cost targets.
It can seriously hamper scaling up your
manufacturing or create challenges in
sustaining your product. Integrating DFX
early on allows us to mitigate those risks
to ensure a successful product launch.

Our DFX services bring everyone
that's critical to flawlessly launching
your product into the development
cycle. Downstream stakeholders
including — Supply Chain Solutions,
Test, Manufacturing and Aftermarket
Services — bring valuable, specific insight
to the impact of initial design on later
stages. Because we’re passionate about
delivering the highest level of service,
we’ll develop an integrated DFX solution
that’s customized to your unique design
process and engineering culture.

DESIGN AND
DEVELOPMENT

SUPPLY CHAIN
SOLUTIONS

NEW PRODUCT
INTRODUCTION

Proprietary, experience-based
DFX ruleset.
The heart of our DFX services is a
proprietary set of guidelines, based not
only on industry standards, but on an
empirical dataset culled from our own
extensive product portfolio. That means
you’re benefiting from our real-world,
collective wisdom, generated by years
of product launches across markets
and spanning various technologies. We’ll
leverage all of that understanding to help
increase your competitive advantage.

MANUFACTURING

AFTERMARKET
SERVICES

Our secret ingredient for a successful product launch.
Over the years, we’ve gained a reputation for successfully taking products all the way from concept to launch as a full
product realization partner. Our secret? It’s many things, but one of them is seamless integration of our design for
excellence (DFX) services with our internal Design and Development teams. DFX is built into our phase-gate design
process, and our development engineers all share deep understanding of our DFX services. We’re also able to support our
customers — especially those who may maintain primary design ownership — by bringing that same level of collaboration
to our customer partnerships.

An integrated DFX partnership.
When you partner with Plexus for DFX, our team will work side-by-side with your Design and Development team. This
creates a comprehensive engagement model that’s optimized for your organization. You’ll maximize the benefits of DFX
during design, minimize hidden risk that can show up during launch, and maintain your accelerated time to market.

Case Study: Seamless DFX integration reduces cost and time to market.
A global Plexus customer was under pressure to develop their next generation product within a critical time-to-market
window and below a competitive cost target. They had tried to speed up development and lower costs by eliminating lesscritical product features and adding engineering support. But they were still missing their market launch targets, and they
were plagued by manufacturability and supply chain challenges. The customer realized they needed a new approach. That’s
when they came to Plexus.
First, we collaborated with the customer to gain a true understanding of the underlying issues. We soon recognized that we
needed to pull key stakeholders into the design cycle. And this critical stakeholder relationship couldn’t just be transactional.
It needed to be a consistent partnership throughout development. Subject-matter experts from both of our teams worked
closely together to identify which DFX services mapped to key points in the customer’s product development process.
We defined key roles, responsibilities and an underlying commercial model. Our integrated partnership empowered the
customer’s team to incorporate DFX consistently on all products moving forward. Ultimately, they were able to significantly
improve product cost and time to market in their new product introductions.

Committed to our customers’ success.
Nothing is more important to Plexus than the success of our customers. That’s why we’re committed to extending proven
product realization solutions like DFX to your design teams. By clearly understanding how you develop products, we can
determine the right DFX services to maximize benefits early in the design process. We can then minimize risk downstream
in your new product introductions. In addition, we can develop a customized engagement model that simplifies adoption into
your engineering culture and helps you ensure consistent results.

Ready to get started? Contact our New Product Introduction team at plexus.com/contact or by using the appropriate phone number below.
AMERICAS
+1 877 733 7260

EUROPE
+44 (0)1506 637 997

ASIA PACIFIC
+604 632 5252

PLEXUS.COM

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