Joint development is an efficient and effective way forward for New Product Development Projects – especially those initiated by the Defense related Development Laboratories or even Startups. Being in the Advanced Composites sector for more than a decade, we can easily cut down the “experimentation” and “expensive discovery through trial and error” in a dramatic way; by way of contributing our expertise in Advanced Composite Design, Manufacturing and Integration.
With many of our clients we work on a Joint Development mandate, where the responsibility of the eventual success of the project is shared equally. Having commercial level manufacturing related inputs early on, in any developmental project, certainly accelerates the project as well as cuts down the risk of an “infeasible” product dramatically.
We get involved in the product “conceptualization” stage with such clients and contribute to the product conceptualization and development process. With dedicated “Single Point Contact” for the entire project duration from Eternus – there is immense value addition that we bring onto the table for such projects. Through cross pollinating Best Practices, Benchmarking various aspects of the product or the process, Failure Mode Effect Analysis, Design Simplification and other such invaluable contributions; we support clients to realize their new products development “first time right”.
Such projects also result in “new and improved product versions” of existing successful products. However mostly these projects fall under the “Early Stage of Product Conceptualization and Development”
Needless to say, the sensitive nature of all such projects is honored; with or without a mutual Non-Disclosure Agreement.