Project Delivery - My Approach
No two companies face exactly the same challenges. I provide independent, original problem-solving support, tailoring the approach to each client's needs, goals, culture, and circumstances.
But while I insist on custom solutions, I follow a consistent approach to working with clients; the key elements of my product development consultancy strategy are outlined below:
- Understand Client's Commercial needs and constraints
- Develop precise Functional Specifications
- Design in Manufacturability - Design out Risk
- Ensure excellent documentation is provided
- Always aware of key issues - Time to Market and Product Cost
- Work in Partnership with clients
- ALWAYS ADD VALUE
Key Criteria for Successful Electronic Product Development
Having a thorough understanding of the electronics industry and the factors that determine success, I place strong emphasis on:
- Project Delivery: Ensuring projects are managed professionally to accomplish on time and on budget delivery.
- "Right first time" design - reducing risk, project costs and time to market.
- Keeping up to date with leading edge technologies - so helping the client stay ahead of their competitors.
- Design for Manufacture: Manufacturing awareness - aim to provide "production ready" designs, with less need for costly re-design for production engineering.
- Controlling Costs: Minimising and controlling product costs - cost saved on the BOM goes straight to your bottom line.
- Vendor Selection: Selecting the right manufacturing partner to meet the client's requirements - using the wrong manufacturer can be very expensive.
- Documentation: Providing excellent documentation for specifications, manufacture and support activities - gives the best quality results in production and guarantees customer satisfaction.
- Being a partner in the design and manufacturing process and striving for win-win business relationships with clients and other stakeholders.
Benefits of an external Consultant
- Able to take a high level perspective and objective view, which is free from the political issues that often beset management in larger organisations
- When projects are delayed by staff shortages, a consultant can reduce development time.
- A consultant's experience often means a minimal learning curve without the delays, costs or long term risks of recruiting extra staff.
- Minimal overhead and non productive costs with a consultant - client only pays for the time worked on the project.
- Generally, a consultant provides own office space, equipment and support services.
- Design costs are controlled to minimise hidden surprises.