Some products include many custom-designed plastic parts. And the switch to mass production usually requires a high investment in high-pressure injection molds. I had a look at Kickstarter today and I saw a few examples of such products. … [Read more...]
How & When To Transition from a Product Development Team To a Manufacturer
A good manufacturer is good at... running mass productions without unpleasant surprises. That includes the careful validation of the manufacturing & testing processes for new products, good process control, good management of suppliers, … [Read more...]
New Product Launch Tips For Entrepreneurs (Q&A with Liz Long of ‘Learn to Make a Product’)
Liz Long, founder of Learn to Make a Product a platform that supports customers to launch products, shares some of her new product launch tips and thoughts about what it takes for entrepreneurs to go through the development process and get … [Read more...]
Fail Safe Design Principles & Examples | Product Risk Reduction
Some products may, if they fail in a certain way, endanger people's safety or lead to enormous economic losses. That puts much more responsibility on the designers' shoulders and is why using fail safe design principles is so critical. … [Read more...]
How To Successfully Implement a dFMEA?
The Sofeast Group's head of New Product Development, Andrew Amirnovin, explains what a dFMEA (Design Failure Mode and Effects Analysis) is, when it's used and why, and the 8 secrets you need to bear in mind to successfully implement … [Read more...]
Engineering Change Notification and Approval: a Vital Process
A lot of quality/reliability issues are the result of a poor engineering change notification & approval process or the complete lack of such a process. That's especially common in the context of OEM/ODM manufacturing. Let's uncover … [Read more...]
What’s The Investment Required To Bring My New Product To Market?
A lot of entrepreneurs and SMEs struggle to calculate their investment for launching a new product. This can lead to unexpected costs mounting up and, eventually, needing to sell at a loss or even bankruptcy in extreme cases. So you need … [Read more...]
Why DVT & PVT Mistakes Could Cause A Product Recall!
Electronics giant Philips has been in the news due to a billion-dollar recall of medical devices (ventilators and sleep apnea machines) that have, unfortunately, resulted in deaths and injuries. What could have caused such serious … [Read more...]
What is the product return rate and how to reduce it? [Podcast]
In this episode⦠The Sofeast Group's head of New Product Development, Andrew Amirnovin explores what the product return rate is and provides advice you can take to reduce yours before you even start mass producing your product. If you do … [Read more...]
Final Prototype of your New Hardware Product: When Will You Get There?
In nearly all cases, people who are developing a new hardware product tend to overestimate the progress they have already accomplished, relative to the "finish line" (bringing a batch of finished products to market). They often think the … [Read more...]
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