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Why Following A Comprehensive NPI Process Pays Dividends And How Involved Buyers Need To Be

February 1, 2023 by Renaud Anjoran

Why Following A Comprehensive NPI Process Pays Dividends And How Involved Buyers Need To Be

New product introduction is a complex process to master, and SMEs and hardware startups we often work with find it very challenging and seek our help to devise and manage the different steps in order to get into mass production on time, on … [Read more...]

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

3 Elements Required To Manufacture Great Products [podcast]

December 17, 2021 by Adrian Leighton

3 Elements Required To Manufacture Great Products [podcast]

In this episode… Your host Renaud Anjoran is joined once again by Andrew Amirnovin, Sofeast's head of New Product Development, to discuss the 3 elements a factory (yours or your supplier's) needs in order to provide good manufacturing … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Production processes Tagged With: factory audits, NPI, product design

Navigating The Product Design and NPI Maze For New Products [Podcast]

September 17, 2021 by Adrian Leighton

Navigating The Product Design and NPI Maze For New Products [Podcast]

In this episode… You've got an idea for a unique new product! Amazing! Now you need to develop that product concept, design it, test and validate it, and much more before finally going into mass production and bringing it to market. You … [Read more...]

Filed Under: New Product Development Tagged With: agile design, developing new products, mass production, new product design, new product development process, new product introduction, NPI, product design, testing new products

Why New Product Development of Electronics Takes So Long

August 24, 2021 by Renaud Anjoran

Why New Product Development of Electronics Takes So Long

Over the years, we have been talking to people who are planning to or are in the process of, developing a new product. And there is a very serious mismatch between expectations and reality during the new product development process. So … [Read more...]

Filed Under: New Product Development Tagged With: new product design, new product development, new product development process, new product introduction, new product launch, new product manufacturing, NPI

How good DFM and DFA Help with Production Cost & Quality

June 21, 2021 by Renaud Anjoran

product design for manufacture and assembly

I have been reading 'the' reference textbook on the concepts of DFM and DFA (design for manufacturing and design for assembly). It's great for design engineers (especially on the mechanical side), for NPI program managers, and for … [Read more...]

Filed Under: New Product Development Tagged With: books, DFA, DFM, new product development, NPI, product design

NPI Cost vs. Production Unit Cost: What To Optimize For?

June 8, 2021 by Renaud Anjoran

NPI Cost vs. Production Unit Cost: What To Optimize For?

When developing a new electro-mechanical product, there is a tradeoff: Do you want to spend less time & money before production (during the NPI process), and suffer higher costs for each unit made? Or do you want to invest more … [Read more...]

Filed Under: New Product Development Tagged With: cost reduction, NPI, NPI process, production unit cost

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

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

Analyzing the (NPI) New Product Introduction Process & its Benefits [Podcast]

October 1, 2020 by Adrian Leighton

Analysing the (NPI) New Product Introduction Process & its Benefits [Podcast]

What is the new product introduction process? The new product introduction process is: A complete blueprint that takes an idea through various structured phases and that results in a finished product being launched into the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: New Product Development Tagged With: new product development, new product introduction, new product introduction process, NPI, NPI process, podcast, production risk

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