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A recent client in the industrial hygiene industry requested help for the final stages of a launching a new product. The client’s product development team consisted of chemists and marketing professionals, but no engineers. The launch date was set for a trade show in 4 months but the product development consisted of a completed chemical design and industrial design sketches. The consultant was hired and completed the following tasks:
- Managed a third party mechanical design firm to complete the mechanical designs on 3 plastic components. Finalize material selection.
- Located and evaluated tooling suppliers. Sourced the injection molds.
- Finalized design concepts for a fabric component of the product. Selected a vendor and worked collaboratively to complete the design and start production.
- Developed the final mechanical assembly processes and procured heat staking and ultrasonic welding tooling.
- Product launch was successfully completed for the trade show!
Follow on work consisted of:
- Reducing the client’s packaging labor by 60% through new sealing and marking equipment.
- Improving the client’s operation’s business processes by developing an engineering and planning system using Quickbooks Enterprise as a platform.
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