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Product Development Essentials: Hands-on Help for Small Manufacturers and Smart Technical People
Ordinary engineers are crying out for easy to apply engineering product development advice. How do you take the mystique out of it, keep it simple and ready to implement? This book is aimed at those who intend to successfully develop new or existing products and get them to market quickly.
The emphasis is on doing what the best businesses do to maximise the chances of success. In addition, the goal is practical help and specific instructions for those, typically small manufacturing businesses, who could really benefit from a helping hand to do ‘product development’. The focus is very much on results - developing high quality products quickly, to beat competitors, increase profits and grow your business.
Engineering firms need to bring new products to market or develop existing ones, but often do not know how to do this is in a structured efficient way that minimises risks to the organisation. What they need is clear instructions, together with proven tips and techniques used by the most successful technical businesses. In turn, these must be tailorable (to you), kept simple and targeted specifically for small manufacturers. Key themes included
Why engineering product development is commercially essential
Developing a great NPD process, with simple to follow step-by-step stages
Top tips used by the best performing manufacturers
Practical budgeting and cost reduction considerations
Significant benefits of product and industrial designers
Intellectual Property, R&D and innovation - real world application
Making it product development action plan
Product Development Essentials distils the crucial information necessary to achieve success, taking the black art out of engineering product development. It’s a no-nonsense manual written for practical application for engineers and manufacturers, who simply want to get the job done, deliver and succeed.
The emphasis is on doing what the best businesses do to maximise the chances of success. In addition, the goal is practical help and specific instructions for those, typically small manufacturing businesses, who could really benefit from a helping hand to do ‘product development’. The focus is very much on results - developing high quality products quickly, to beat competitors, increase profits and grow your business.
Engineering firms need to bring new products to market or develop existing ones, but often do not know how to do this is in a structured efficient way that minimises risks to the organisation. What they need is clear instructions, together with proven tips and techniques used by the most successful technical businesses. In turn, these must be tailorable (to you), kept simple and targeted specifically for small manufacturers. Key themes included
Why engineering product development is commercially essential
Developing a great NPD process, with simple to follow step-by-step stages
Top tips used by the best performing manufacturers
Practical budgeting and cost reduction considerations
Significant benefits of product and industrial designers
Intellectual Property, R&D and innovation - real world application
Making it product development action plan
Product Development Essentials distils the crucial information necessary to achieve success, taking the black art out of engineering product development. It’s a no-nonsense manual written for practical application for engineers and manufacturers, who simply want to get the job done, deliver and succeed.
145 pages, Kindle Edition
Published December 31, 2014
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