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Develop and Prototype
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Develop and Prototype Your Idea
There are many aspects that feed into the development of a new product idea or invention. The process will take longer than you expect, but skipping important considerations will cost you in the long run. Here are some pointers to keep you developing your idea in the right direction.
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Sourcing Materials And Components For Your New Product - Part 2 Europe
Screencast tutorial by Cally Robson
Given a choice, and the right price, most entrepreneurs want to source textiles, widgets and packaging closer to home. For those living in Europe or the US, finding any supplier can be hit-and-miss. In this screencast I show you how to use Alibaba.com to find suppliers and research materials and components in the UK and elsewhere in Europe . . .
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3 Tips On Commissioning A New Product Design
Morag Hutcheon has been design products for industry and individual inventors since 1985. She's an award-winning product designer and entrepreneur in her own right. Here are her top 3 tips to help anyone thinking of getting a new product designed . . .
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Part 9 The Reality Of Manufacturing
Webinar Presentation - Morag Hutcheon Part 9 of 9
The realities and costs of manufacturing are huge. If you've answered all the questions about your concept as it's gone through development, you stand the best chance of creating a winning product that is profitable . . .
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Part 8 Selling
Webinar Presentation - Morag Hutcheon Part 8 of 9
Know how you're going to sell your product before you take the plunge and commit to prototyping and manufacturing. And how the costs and margins stack up - will your product be profitable? Have you worked enough on your brand and exploring sales channels? Have you worked enough on your brand and exploring sales channels? What are your tooling costs likely to be? . . .
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Part 7 Executing
Webinar Presentation - Morag Hutcheon Part 7 of 9
So you've decided to go down the manufacturing route yourself? Do you know enough about tooling, working with factories, how importing and shipping works? . . .
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Part 6 Product Development
Webinar Presentation - Morag Hutcheon Part 6 of 9
Big costs come in as a product goes through its development. Do you understand enough about the technical requirements like prototyping, materials, testing, and safety standards to add enough detail to the design brief and monitor your product designer's progress? And how long should a product design brief be anyway? . . .
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Part 5 Designing The Product
Webinar Presentation - Morag Hutcheon Part 5 of 9
Your product designer should address more than just the look of the product. Writing and managing a detailed enough design brief is key to getting a product that meets essential requirements like production costs, what your product does exactly, and how it works . . .
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Part 4 Creating The Product Proposition
Webinar Presentation - Morag Hutcheon Part 4 of 9
A good product proposition, easily described, captures the essence of the market opportunity in your concept. Most people miss how important it is to pin the products original and unique proposition down even before product development starts . . .
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Part 3 Defining Strategy
Webinar Presentation - Morag Hutcheon Part 3 of 9
The design of your product will almost certainly come out wrong if you haven't taken time to research and make a plan around bigger business issues like timing of product launch, how to fund your product development and manufacture, and pricing structure and costs . . .
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Part 2 Understanding Needs
Webinar Presentation - Morag Hutcheon Part 2 of 9
It's essential to start the product design process with an understanding of the needs not only of your target end-user, but also other stakeholders in your market, like retailers and distributors, as well as manufacturing and production . . .
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Part 1 Stages In The Product Development Process
Webinar Presentation - Morag Hutcheon Part 1 of 9
Award-winning product designer Morag Hutcheon runs through the new product development process for a physical designed product, looking at stages your product designer or agency might handle: the design brief, initial concepts supplied to you, detailed 3D model, concept model, rapid prototyped models (SLA), solid tooling, first shot models . . .
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Getting A Product Designed and Manufactured
Webinar Presentation - Morag Hutcheon (Intro)
Save yourself costly mistakes by listening to this presentation before you commission any design or prototyping work on your product. Award-winning product designer and entrepreneur Morag Hutcheon gives an overview of the product design process and highlights 7 areas you need to pay attention to . . .
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7 Reasons To Go With A UK Manufacturer
Dave Jones interviewed by Cally Robson
Common belief is that developing and manufacturing a plastic product in the Far East is cheaper. In this interview, Dave Jones, who has been in the UK plastics business all his working life, gives some compelling reasons to at least get a quote before going overseas . . .
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