Innovation, Research and Product Development

In this global competition moment, the innovation process and development of new products is truly a crucial element to ensure the success of an industrial company. Products have a shorter and shorter life cycle and companies are increasingly pressured by technological evolution, the need to continuously improve the costs and performance of their products.

It is also important to remember that a high percentage of  products costs and performance are determined by the choices made during the design step.

This is why it is essential to strengthen the innovation process and product development in the company, by orienting to the market and improving its speed and efficiency.

To achieve these goals, it is necessary to introduce systems and techniques in the company to support the design process with the innovative principles of Lean Thinking and Simultaneous/Concurrent Engineering and consequently enhance the ability and skills of people involved. A major involvement of some partner suppliers in the product development process (codesign) is certainly desirable.

The topics and services offered in the innovation and product development area:

• Lean Design: reorganize the process of product design and development according to the Lean thinking principles and Simultaneous / Cuncurrent Engineering
• Project Management: Effectively organize and manage projects
• Product Data Management: Improve product documentation and technical data management
• Quality Function Deployment: Involve customer in the new product development process
• Variaty Reduction: pursuing standardization and reducing product variability
• Desing to Cost: reduce product costs without decreasing its value
• Design Tools: Introduce techniques and tools to support the design process and to improve quality/reliability, production, maintainability, safety and efficiency of use of products in their lifecycle (e.g.: DFMEA – Design Failure Modes and Effects Analysis, DFM/DFA – Design for Manufacturing/Assembly, DFS – Design for Serviceability, DRability-Review Design, etc.)
• Codesign: develop supplier collaboration in the development of new products (early supplier involvement).