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Innovation · Product Strategy · Manufacturing Consulting · Melbourne, est. 2013 1300 765 926info@polyconint.comBook an obligation-free discussion

Concept Design & Validation

Find the idea worth building, then prove it.

Strategic Product Development

Innovation is not a brainstorm; it is a disciplined way of finding and testing opportunities. We run innovation workshops with your team, map customer needs and technology options, generate bold concepts and test them quickly against technical, commercial and manufacturing reality, so you invest only in the ideas most likely to win.

What’s included

Innovation workshops and opportunity mapping
Customer needs, market and competitor analysis
Concept generation, sketches and early 3D layouts
Rapid validation: feasibility, cost and risk screening
Product strategy, target cost and roadmap
Concept selection workshop with leadership

What you receive

01Opportunity map and product brief
02Two to four evaluated concept options
03Feasibility, cost and risk report
04Product roadmap with budget and timeline

Benefits

Fewer dead ends

Weak ideas are filtered out on paper, not in tooling.

Investor-ready clarity

A credible strategy, cost and timeline to take to the board.

Bolder, safer innovation

Ambitious ideas tested quickly and cheaply before you commit.

Where this fits in the process

Strategic product development stage-gate process
  1. 01
    StrategyMarket, target cost and product brief
  2. 02
    ◆ Gate 1ConceptConcepts, feasibility and selection
  3. 03
    DesignDetailed design, DFM/DFA and DFMEA
  4. 04
    ◆ Gate 2PrototypeBuild, test and refine
  5. 05
    IndustrialiseTooling, suppliers and validation
  6. 06
    ◆ Gate 3LaunchPilot, ramp-up and handover
StageDecision gate / approval
Typical scope for Strategic Product Development

8–24 weeks from concept to production release, or a focused 2–4 week DFM review of an existing design.

On-site and remote, with weekly design reviews. Every engagement starts with a free consultation and a fixed-scope proposal.

Start a conversation

Let’s turn your next idea into a market-ready product.

Whether it’s a bold new product, a strategy that needs sharpening or an operation that should be doing more, a conversation with a senior consultant is the fastest way to find out what’s possible.

  • Free initial consultation with a senior engineer
  • Response within one business day
  • Confidentiality and NDA available on request
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