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Getting To Grips With Non-Recurring Engineering Costs (NRE) [Podcast]

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In this episode of the podcast, we discuss Non-Recurring Engineering costs for manufacturers. As the name suggests, these costs are usually one-off and are what it takes to get your product into production. These costs are perhaps better … [Read more...]

The Design for X Approach: 12 Common Examples

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The Design For X (or “Design for Excellence”) methodology lays out a number of design guidelines for reaching the product’s objectives. The idea is to review and improve the product & process design before the new product is … [Read more...]

How A DFQ Review Designs Quality INTO Your Product At An Early Stage [Podcast]

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What if you could reduce the chances of quality problems long before your product goes into production? A DFQ review can help you achieve this! What is DFQ? Design For Quality is where we review a number of factors that affect quality at … [Read more...]

A Textbook on Design for Manufacturing and the NPI Process (EVT-DVT-PVT)

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I am halfway through this book and I thought many readers would enjoy it: Product Realization: Going from One to a Million by Anna C. Thornton. Here is the book's presentation by its publisher: Product Realization: Going from One to a … [Read more...]

Good Project Management With Chinese Suppliers From A Product Designer’s Perspective [Podcast]

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Let's hear from an experienced product designer about project management with Chinese suppliers... In this episode, we catch up with Andy Bartlett, a friend of Sofeast, who is an enormously experienced product designer from the UK, to … [Read more...]

New Physical Products: Patents Should Come After Market Success

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We talk to a startup company developing a new physical (hardware) product at least once a week, and I'd estimate that about 25% of them try hard to secure a patent. I get it. They are afraid of being copied. They know investors and … [Read more...]

Prototesting: Reap All the Value of Proof of Concept Prototypes

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Many of our clients design their own products. And we typically don't get involved in the initial concept/ideation phase. That's clearly not our competence, nor our offer. However, we are often invited to ask questions about their new … [Read more...]