The increasing rates of violence and the lack of effective public security
policies, especially in large urban areas in developing countries, have
reflected directly in the automotive civil armor market, making Brazil the world
leader in the segment of ballistic protection type III-A level against handguns
according to the NIJ 0108.01 standard [1],
followed by Mexico. Faced with this scenario, to speed up the armoring process
on brand new automobiles, the armoring companies have adopted shop floor
procedures to quickly assembly the ballistic protection parts, without
considering automotive design engineering and manufacturing criteria of the
vehicle. One of the solutions for improving the quality of this process and
optimizing costs is the adoption of the DFMA® tool, Design for Manufacturing and
Assembly. Since, there is no specific DFMA® literature regarding automotive
armoring processes, the authors have addressed this through a systematic
literature review to obtain the references of the state of the art related to
DFMA® tool. Based on this context, this review intends to present the following
aspects: the related techniques and their main results, challenges and
opportunities, its support as a reference in the armoring service area and the
advantages of keeping the warranty and original functionalities of the civil
armored vehicles.