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Exploring The Benefits Of Rapid Prototyping And Rapid Tooling [Podcast]

May 28, 2021 by Adrian Leighton

Exploring The Benefits Of Rapid Prototyping And Rapid Tooling [Podcast]

In This Episode... Renaud and Adrian talk about rapid prototyping and rapid tooling methods to make prototypes a lot faster than production tooling, with a focus on electromechanical products and plastic injection molding. You'll get … [Read more...]

Filed Under: New Product Development, Uncategorized Tagged With: 3d printing, cnc machining, hard tooling, new product design, new product development, new product development process, podcast, PP samples, pre-production samples, prototypes, rapid prototyping, rapid tooling, soft tooling

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

April 16, 2021 by Adrian Leighton

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

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...]

Filed Under: New Product Development Tagged With: developing new products, initial investment before mass production, new product development, npd, NRE, NRE costs, podcast, product R&D

The Design for X Approach: 12 Common Examples

March 15, 2021 by Renaud Anjoran

The Design for X Approach: 12 Common Examples

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...]

Filed Under: New Product Development Tagged With: design for distribution, design for manufacturing, design for quality, design for x, mature product designs, new product development, product design

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

February 22, 2021 by Renaud Anjoran

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

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...]

Filed Under: New Product Development Tagged With: books, DFM, DVT, EVT, new product development, new product introduction, NPI, NPI process, product design, PVT

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

January 23, 2021 by Adrian Leighton

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

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...]

Filed Under: New Product Development Tagged With: managing Chinese suppliers, new product development, NPI, podcast, product design, project management

New Physical Products: Patents Should Come After Market Success

January 13, 2021 by Renaud Anjoran

New Physical Products: Patents Should Come After Market Success

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...]

Filed Under: New Product Development Tagged With: hardware startups, IP protection, legal risks, new product development, new product development on a budget, patents

Prototesting: Reap All the Value of Proof of Concept Prototypes

December 22, 2020 by Renaud Anjoran

Prototesting: Reap All the Value of Proof of Concept Prototypes

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...]

Filed Under: New Product Development Tagged With: developing new products, improving product design, new product development, npd, prototypes, testing new products

Why The Bill Of Materials (BOM) Is A Key Document For Importers [Podcast]

December 3, 2020 by Adrian Leighton

Why The Bill Of Materials (BOM) Is A Key Document For Importers [Podcast]

The Bill Of Materials - more important than you may think! The Bill Of Materials is an incredibly important document which spans the product development process and evolves as you get closer to mass production. It provides all of the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: New Product Development Tagged With: bill of materials, BoM, new product development, podcast, quality management, Sourcing, sourcing components, supplier management

Is Your New Product Design Ready for Manufacturing in China? [5 Questions]

November 21, 2020 by Renaud Anjoran

Is Your New Product Design Ready for Manufacturing in China?

There is a misconception in many people's minds. They think there are many manufacturers in China & Vietnam capable of, and willing to, do a lot of the development work for a new product they think is promising. That is true if … [Read more...]

Filed Under: New Product Development Tagged With: mature product designs, new product development, npd, product design, product development

Dangers of Amortizing Development Costs in the Production Price

October 9, 2020 by Renaud Anjoran

Dangers of Amortizing Development Costs in the Production Price

When I offered a model for guiding buyers to choose an ODM vs. OEM vs. CM supplier, I mentioned that OEM suppliers often "subsidize" the cost of developing the new product. Then, the buyer ends up paying the cost of development, but it is … [Read more...]

Filed Under: New Product Development Tagged With: new product development, new product development costs, new product development process, new product launch, NPI

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