Structured Flexibility

Hardware Development Services

  • Product Development Framework

    Establishing frameworks that drive collaboration and ensure transparency in budgeting and planning.

  • Product Vision Framework

    Defining future products through a two-pronged approach, incorporating objective and subjective measures.

  • WBSO & Grants Expertise:

    Identifying and securing grants for R&D, simplifying financial opportunities for businesses.

  • Interim Product Development/Hardware Leadership:

    Providing interim leadership to steer projects during critical phases.

  • Quality driven & Sustainable approach

    Final Quality is often driven by early design choices. Sustainability is driven by design and business choices. Making the correct decisions is having the right people following the right process.

  • Prioritising Flexibility and Creativity

    Two things that are absolutely fundamental to the success of many hardware-operating companies; yet the categorical downfall of others. A good Hardware Development implementation enables both of these things without compromising the overall project success.

Quality Management Services

Business Scan - find what you need

The business ‘scan’ provides a comprehensive overview of where to focus attention for the greatest benefit

Focussed on Tools, Processes and People we evaluate performance and identify opportunities.

Through a series of interviews and reviews we will assess the fundamental requirements for a business to operate a successful hardware division. This is then compared and contrasted to the brand and longer-term strategy of the business, in order to provide an objective and prioritised list of recommendations.

Benefits

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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

  • 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.