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The Hidden Costs of Poor Concept Development in Product Design

The hidden costs of poor product development can devastate your project timeline, budget, and ultimate market success. Drawing from Dr. Robert Cooper’s research, this episode reveals how skipping proper concept development-the critical “fuzzy front end” of product design-leads many teams into a costly “ready-fire-aim” approach. We also explore “Quality during Design” as a way forward…

Brighten Your Creative Spark

When you’re too deep in the daily grind, your innovative thinking suffers. Try these three proven techniques to brighten your creative spark.

AI in Design: Coming Full Circle

As a Generation X engineer, I’ve witnessed remarkable shifts in how we approach design engineering. Recently, I saw an article suggesting Gen X is frustrated because the skills we learned early in our careers no longer apply in today’s technological landscape. This characterization made me pause and reflect. While our tools have certainly evolved dramatically,…

Supplier Agreements: The Good, The Bad, and The Quality

In today’s fast-paced manufacturing landscape, the link between product quality and supplier agreements is more critical than ever. Custom product development can be complex, and regarding suppliers, we can uncover hidden challenges. These come up when suppliers are not aligned with the quality standards necessary for our products to be successful. Join us as we…

Practice Makes Improvement in Subjective Probability Estimations

Does the phrase “Subjective Probability Estimation” make you feel uncomfortable? If you’re a data-driven professional, you’re likely wary of each of those terms on their own, let alone combining them into one thing. But we sometimes need to do it. And we can practice to get better at it. In this episode, we emphasize the…

Cultivating a Culture of Craftsmanship within Quality Systems

Tradespeople bring expertise, innovation, high quality, and leadership to product development. If we’re lucky enough to be able to work with them, they’re an invaluable part of the engineering team. What about when we’re working without them? How can we create a culture of craftsmanship in a company that uses a quality system? In this…