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The Product SystemA framework for insight driven product development.

Researchopens opportunities & reduces risks

Structureguides your project & ensures results

Culture & Creativityunlocks your potential

ResearchOPENS OPPORTUNITIES & REDUCES

RISKS

We help you develop world class products &

take them to market

85% of all products to market in our 10 years;

Research underpins this performance.

We research, create, develop, test, and deliver products to market.

Circadian Sleep System

Evolution Sleep System

Cortex Exterior Cladding System

Delloch Hip Protection

GetSorted Home Storage System

Encircle Compression Therapy

Prolan Lanolin Lubricants & Protectants

Drybase Tiled Shower System

Forester Chainsaw Protection

Cubro Rehab Walkers

Thermowood & DesignEX

Littl’ Juey Weed Cutter

Taapa Display Wall by Hold

Coast Furniture & The Outdoor Room

Clearboard Finished Panels

Six Lenses for Innovation

Altitude Aerospace Interiors

Mokum Textiles NPD Review

Dewatered Wood

Life Cycle Thinking Series

Successful Product Development Seminars

Guardian Research Project

Compass Research Project

Transform Initiative

The Role of Life Cycle Inventory

Building Blocks for Sustainable Design

Product Development Process

Observation is Free

Observation is a skill that can be improved and

honed over time.

Everyone can do it.

It is, however, difficult to do from your office chair.

Get into place

Use a broad

depth of field

Research Summary Leave the office and get into place

Use a range of methods, both qualitative &

quantitative

Get a mix of perspective, internal & external

Document in usable form to build a rich

resource

StructureGUIDES YOUR PROJECT & ENSURES RESULTS

Our framework

not a prescriptive process for development;

a descriptive framework to deliver consistently.

Our work has evolved from a series of frameworks covering

individual disciplines to a unified development structure.

Structure Summary Work within a framework to guide

deliverables and maintain momentum

Products don’t exist in isolation – understand

the product service system

Scope your project relative to the results you

want to (and can) achieve

Culture & CreativityUNLOCKS YOUR POTENTIAL

Groups, Teams &

Culture

Customers & Markets Management &

Process

Group Modes

Cross Pollination

Culture

Learning

Environment

Customers

Problem or Need

Market Research

Brand & Marketing

Process &

Approach

Gates &

Milestones

Programme

Management

Testing, Validation

& Compliance

Case Studies &

Constraints

Commercialisation Creativity & Vision

Expectations

Barriers

Success & Failure

Business Case

Handover &

Transition

Market Entry

Intellectual

Property

Partnerships &

Alliances

Idea Sources

Creativity

Vision

Be Original

No.8 WireIs about being resourceful, doing more

with less, and thinking differently

My idea is better than yours

Ideas are like possessions.

They’re a battleground for egos, where objectivity has

no place, and yet...

Objective decision making is central to our ability to

develop products successfully.

Unity starts with your team

Developing products is not the core business for most

companies. If it was, it would be everyone’s concern,

not just R&D teams.

Bringing disciplines together enables you to deliver a

cohesive, unified product to market at pace.

Feeling it on the inside

If you don’t believe it, how can you expect someone

else to?

Make sure your project is built to succeed and your

team has confidence in it.

Look to create internal momentum & motivation.

Company Culture

Monday Meet-up

Daily Stand-ups

What-If Wednesday

Inspiration Sessions

Off-site Staff Day

Learning Culture

Building Team Culture

Culture & Creativity Summary

Take stock and look for ways you can work better

Learn from local heroes

Embrace the wider team – unity makes you faster

Pay attention to getting your team working well

together and feeling confident

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