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DRM Associates provides consulting & training in new product development.

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DRM Associates provides new product development (NPD) consulting. We sponsor the Product Development Forum , a source of information, resources and links on NPD. Our clients frequently have complex products and development processes typified by the aerospace, automotive, capital equipment, consumer products, defense, electronics, high technoloy and medical equipment industries. We help improve your new product development process, plan new products, and assist product teams. We can provide consulting assistance, software tools, and training such as the following:

NEW PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT CONSULTING SERVICES

Product Development Assessment
Best Practices and Benchmarking
CAD/CAM System Audit
Configuration Management and Engineering Change Control
Design for Manufacturability/Assembly
Design to Cost and Cost Management
Design Reviews and Stage-Gate Reviews
Integrated Product Development Fast Track Implementation
Organizational Development and Team-Building
Pipeline and Resource Management
Product Data Management System Implementation
Product Development Process Definition and Improvement
Product Launch
Product Planning and Strategy
Project Launch
Project Planning and Management
Portfolio Management
Quality Function Deployment
Requirements Definition and Product Planning
Supplier Development
Supplier Integration & Supply Chain Planning
Target Costing
Value Engineering and Value Analysis
Voice of the Customer

NPD SOFTWARE TOOLS

Product Development Best Practices and Assessment (Enterprise Assessment)
Integrated Product & Process Development Program Assessment
Product Development Toolkit (QFD, Target Cost, DFA, FMEA and Control Plan Software)
Design for Manufacturability/Assembly Checklists
PD-Trak NPD Project and Process Management System (Stage-Gate, Portfolio Management & Pipeline Management)

WORKSHOPS & TRAINING

Complete Summary of NPD/IPD Training
Assessing and Improving Product Development Workshop
Best Practices of Integrated Product Development Workshop
Concept Development Workshop
Design for Manufacturability/Assembly Workshop
Design for Serviceability Workshop
Design to Cost Workshop
Design of Experiments Workshop
Integrated Product & Process Development Workshop
Managing Product Development Workshop
Mistake-Proofing by Design Workshop
Quality Function Deployment (QFD) Workshop
Robust Tolerance Analysis Workshop
Target Costing Workshop
Team Launch Workshop
Value Analysis/Function Analysis Workshop
Value Management - SAVE Certified Module 1
Voice of the Customer Workshop

To obtain additional information or to discuss your consulting needs, please contact:

Kenneth Crow
DRM Associates
2613 Via Olivera
Palos Verdes, CA 90274
USA
Telephone: +1 310 377-5569
Fax: +1 310 377-1315
Email: kcrow@aol.com

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Product Portfolio Management: Maximizing NPD Value
Presented by: Kenneth Crow, President, DRM Associates & Principal, PD-Trak Solutions

Companies face the challenge of how to determine which new product development projects to undertake and how to maximize the value of these R&D investments. The same portfolio management concepts used for years in the financial field can be applied to product development to maximize the value of new product development activities. The specific goals of product portfolio management are: (1) maximize the value of the product portfolio, (2) seek balance in the portfolio, and (3) keep portfolio projects strategically aligned. Learn practical methods for an integrated portfolio approach to planning new products. There is no cost to participate. Originally Broadcast on Friday, October 1, 2004

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