Richard (Dick) Haney, of the CMT Group, a technology consulting company in Palo Alto, California, USA, specializes in product engineering, manufacturing and technical management
Three Foundations of Innovation
...success can only be achieved by taking a risk, setting specific goals for achieving value from the action, and driving for market acceptance of the
results
Evaluating a Patent for use within your new product
"...outlines a process to evaluate whether a patented component
or process is functional, useful, and cost effective when embedded within a
new product..."
Product Testing ? Why ?....And How Much ?
"....a product test plan and 'product requirement' list are very necessary. Otherwise, how else will you know if your product is designed and produced correctly? "
Product Engineering - What Has Quality Got To Do With It?
"Quality is defined, not divined - It must be measurable or assessable and be based on the important, albeit imperfect, user, market, regulatory, technical and reproduction qualities of the product."
On... Good Product Engineering Practices
"The recurring development of successful new products (i.e. those, which achieve the business goals) is the lifeblood of any prosperous company, but unfortunately there are too many studies that reveal an extremely large failure rate of new product development programs (failure to achieve business goals)."
Product Development: Where Do You Start?
"Before embarking on a product development project, a total assessment of a product's expected life cycle should be examined to decide how to apportion 'limited' funds to the various development project activities in order to get the most 'development bang for the buck'."
Cost Reduction -- It's More Than Just Parts And Labor
"... one really needs to take a holistic view of all the costs of product development, promotion, production, distribution and maintenance in order to effectively reduce these costs without compromising the whole product structure. "