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DFX (Design for X)
Design for X—also called Design for Excellence, DfX, and DFX—is a design approach. The "X" in the term "design for X" stands for a specific objective that a business is trying to achieve. That could be manufacturing (design for manufacturing), service (design for service), quality (design for quality), or something else. The whole point of design for x is to review a particular design of a product or technology before a business achieves its specific objective. The review process involves laying out principles that specify a design and how designers will create and implement it; for example, coming up with best practices for a new product that will support a company's manufacturing objective, or determining the materials required to build a product that will deliver a company's service goals.
What Small and Midsize Businesses Need to Know About DFX (Design for X)
SMBs might use design for x when designing a product that serves a very specific purpose. For example, creating a set of guidelines for a new tool that will improve maintenance can improve product costs, which is more important for small companies than larger ones.
Related terms
- Haptics
- WAN (Wide-Area Network)
- Intranet
- SLO (Service-Level Objective)
- Security Orchestration, Automation and Response (SOAR)
- Scalability
- Service-Level Agreement (SLA)
- Software as a Service (SaaS)
- Identity and Access Management (IAM)
- Data Center
- Augmented Reality (AR)
- Synchronous
- Multitenancy
- Chief Information Officer (CIO)
- IT Services
- Authorization
- Service-oriented Architecture (SOA)
- Platform as a Service (PaaS)
- Managed Service Provider (MSP)
- Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)
