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Value Engineering & Cost Reduction

Take cost out of existing products without losing quality.

Strategic Product Development

Products drift away from their best cost over time as materials, volumes and suppliers change. Our value engineering reviews challenge every part, feature and process step, then redesign for lower material, labour and assembly cost while protecting performance.

What’s included

Product teardown and should-cost analysis
Part count and fastener reduction
Material and process substitution
Assembly time study (DFA)
Supplier and make-versus-buy review
Implementation and validation support

What you receive

01Cost reduction opportunity register
02Redesigned parts and drawings
03Savings business case
04Validation test plan

Benefits

Higher margins

Savings on every unit you sell.

Simpler products

Fewer parts to buy, store and assemble.

Funded improvement

Savings often pay for the project within months.

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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