Enabling Hardware Organisations
We’re here to help you with all your product needs
A strong vision, a collaborative implementation framework, the right manufacturing Partners and a balance between Cost/Quality/Time that reflects a company’s brand; are some of the core considerations for any company moving towards Hardware products.
Sustainability in practice: always seeking to provide options & alternatives that reduce Socio-Environmental Impact, the latest ‘trend’ being Repairability.
Benefits
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Control and de-risk Hardware Investment.
Put your cash in the right place. Focussed and decisive product development and industrialisation
Reduced Cost of Quality.
For inefficient Hardware organisations this can represent 15%+ of Revenue
Lean Methodology, pragmatic application.
Lightweight-build for what your business needs, not more.
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Products that represent.
What does your brand stand for & how is this reflected by hardware?
VOC at the forefront.
Turning Customer Opinion into future Development goals
Collaborative Product Journeys
Infrastructure that secures a ‘perfect’ launch through Sales and Marketing channels
Sustainability in practice.
Always doing ‘the best we can’ in the context of the wider business scope and needs.
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Validation and Verification.
Knowing your product is ‘right’ before it hits the market
Compliance and certifications
Costly mistakes, avoided by rugged interrogation of target markets and implementation of key frameworks i.e. ISO 9001.
Repair and Warranty
Sustainable, but also ‘mandatory’ requirements to maintain market access.
CI (Continuous Improvement)
Never satisfied, never sitting still. Always looking for opportunities to improve.
Lessons Learned.
Structuring how we capture mistakes of the past, to avoid them in the future
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Lean Development
Rapid iteration to get to the MVP in the shortest possible timeframe
Structured flexibility & creativity
Both are critical to the success of a project, both can also be the death of a project.
Gateway based framework
Automotive-derived methodology, tailored to your business. Ensures strong risk management, collaboration and on-time delivery.
Overcome your obstacles
Hardware Development Services
How to create ‘future vision’, and embed into existing ways of working. Automotive derived Product Lifecycle Framework, tailored to your business needs.
Quality Management Services
How important is Quality to your company? Do you have ISO 9001?
Employing Lean frameworks that govern Customer-Quality, Product-Quality, Supplier-Quality and Total Quality Management.
Service and Repair
‘Right to Repair’ is becoming a hot-topic across various industries. In this ever changing and complex landscape, we’ll make sure you are suitably prepared to meet legal-minimums, and grow according to business need.
Manufacturing Expertise
Strong partnerships with the right companies, are the key to securing the right product for your customers. We can help source, negotiate and establish management mechanisms for all your manufacturing needs.
Design, Implementation & hiring/coaching/mentoring
Business Scan - find what you need
The business ‘scan’ provides a comprehensive overview of where to focus attention for the greatest benefit
Powerful Tools
Processes, Tools and Organisational requirements are the key to success. With a proven track record of applying best-practice from Automotive Product Management philosophy in new/young market sectors, Wood Consulting ensure a pragmatic application that supports and empowers your business.
(Depending on scope) In a short 6-18 months we aim to develop and implement frameworks that allow your company to take its ambition towards hardware products to the next level, and beyond.
What people say
Mike Flewitt
ex-CEO, McLaren Automotive
Chairman and Director, Automotive and Aerospace
“I worked with Alex on a number of successful programs from 12C, through 570S to 720S as McLaren developed to become a new competitor to the established Supercar rivals. I really appreciated his knowledge and leadership across product development, quality and new model launch”
Stijn Quast
ex-CFO, LEKKER Bikes
& LEKKER Boats
“I got to work with Alex during his time at LEKKER Bikes. Process driven, analytic and structured is how I got to know him in his role. Furthermore he is intelligent, enthusiastic, people driven and very driven by new ideas, innovations and concepts. I would happily recommend him for roles in the areas of product- and process development.”
Alex Cappy
ex-GM ofo
ex-CEO, Hubs
“Alex and I worked together in Ofo during a reasonably tempestuous time for the Business. With little available resource & finance we collaborated closely to resolve numerous supply chain issues affecting the EU market; and he was a strong contributor to building an operational (and product) foundation for the EMEA business that would have allowed us to break even within 24 months”