NPD Solutions Site Map

NPD Consulting Services

• Design for Manufacturability/Assembly
• Design for Manufacturability/Assembly
• Design for Serviceability & Maintainability
• DRM Capabilities: Design for Serviceability
• Design to Cost
• DRM Associates Capabilities With Target Costing & Design To Cost
• Design Reviews and Gate Reviews
• IPPD Program Assessment
• Lean Product Development
• Lean Product Development Practices
• DRM Associates Experience & Capabilities With Lean Product Development (LPD)
• Managing Project Resources
• Managing Project Resources
• Organization and System Integration
• Pipeline & Resource Management
• Portfolio Management
• Portfolio Management Consulting and Implementation
• DRM Associates Portfolio Management Consulting
• Process Definition & Improvement
• Product Development Assessment Based on Best Practices
• Product Development Assessment
• Product Development Best Practices and Assessment Presentation
• Product Development Process Definition and Improvement
• Product Launch Consulting and Training
• Quality Function Deployment
• QFD Facilitation Experience
• Quality Planning
• Reducing Time-to-Market
• Requirements Definition and Product Planning
• Stage/Phase-Gate Process
• Supplier Development
• Target Costing
• Target Costing & Design to Cost
• Voice of the Customer
• VOC and Requirements Definition

NPD Training and Workshops

• New Product Development Training
• Training–All Workshops
• Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP) Workshop
• Assessing and Improving Product Development Workshop
• Best Practices of New Product Development Workshop
• Certified Product Development Manager Workshop
• Certified Product Development Professional Workshop
• Critical Chain Project Management Workshop
• Design to Cost Workshop
• Design for Manufacturability/Assembly Workshop
• Design for Serviceability/Maintainability Workshop
• Design for Six Sigma Workshop
• Design of Experiments 1 – Screening Experiments Workshop
• Engineering Project Planning and Leadership Workshop
• Essential Interpersonal Skills for Technical Professionals Workshop
• Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA) Workshop
• Innovation and Problem-Solving With TRIZ
• Integrated Product and Process Development Workshop
• Leadership Skills for Engineers and Technical Professionals Workshop
• Lean Design Workshop
• Lean Product Development Workshop
• Lean Project Management Workshop
• Managing Product Development Workshop
• Mistake-Proofing by Design Workshop
• Managing the Product Lifecycle to Maximize Profitability
• Optimize Time to Market and Efficiency Workshop
• Portfolio Management Workshop
• Product Launch Workshop
• Product Development Team / Integrated Product Team Workshop
• Project Management with Microsoft Project™
• Project Management Fundamentals
• Product Information Management Workshop
• Quality Function Deployment (QFD) Workshop
• R&D Performance Measurement and KPI Systems
• Requirements Definition Workshop
• Requirements Definition & Concept Development Workshop
• Robust Tolerance Analysis Workshop
• Target Costing Workshop
• Team Building Workshop
• Team Launch Workshop
• Team Leader Workshop
• Team Down Analysis Workshop
• Voice of the Customer Workshop
• Value Management Workshop SAVE Certified Module 1
• Value Analysis / Function Analysis Workshop

NPD Software Tools

• Design for Manufacturability Guidelines/Checklists
• Integrated Product & Process Development Program Assessment
• IPPD Program Assessment Software
• Product Development Best Practices and Assessment
• Companies Using Product Development Best Practices & Assessment (PDBPA) Software
• Product Development Best Practices and Assessment Software
• Product Development Toolkit
• PD-Trak Project Portfolio Management System
• PD-Trak™ NPD Project / Portfolio Management System
• PD-Trak Portfolio Planning and Management
• PD-Trak Product Development Process Definition
• PD-Trak Project Management
• PD-Trak Project Resource Planning and Management
• Quality Function Deployment (QFD) Software and Instructions

About DRM Associates

• Firm Overview
• Consulting Clients
• Contact Us
• Site Map

Consultants

• Consultant Summary
• Consultant Profile, Kenneth Crow, NPDP
• Consultant Profile, James Ayers
• Consultant Profile, Pete Cornish
• Consultant Profile, Thomas Crow
• Consultant Profile, David Daniels
• Consultant Profile, Kenneth Erickson
• Consultant Profile, Gary Hinkle
• Consultant Profile. Gene Kania
• Consultant Profile, James Rains
• Consultant Profile, Nancy Michalski
• Consultant Profile, Eric P. Rose, NPDP
• Consultant Profile, Leland Shaeffer
• Consultant Profile, Dr. Wayne Taylor
• Consultant Profile, Jim Wixson

Product Development Resources at the Product Development Forum

• Product Development Forum

New Product Development Body of Knowledge

• Product Strategy and Planning
• Organization and Teams
• Product Development Process
• Tools and Methods for Design Optimization
• Product Development Technology Tools

New Product Development Glossary

• NPD Glossary

Presentations

• Product Portfolio Management
• Creating an Effective Gate Review Process

Papers, Articles and Information

• 6 Secrets of A Winning Product Launch
• A Methodology for Reverse Engineering
• A Practical Approach to Portfolio Management
• A Strategic Approach to Product and Process Development
• Achieving Target Cost / Design-to-Cost Objectives
• Advance Quality Planning
• Advanced Product Quality Planning
• Aligning Technology Development with Customer Needs
• Anticipatory Failure Determination (AFD)
• Assessing the Feasibility of a New Product
• Assuring Quality in the Product Development Process
• Balanced Team Scorecard
• Benchmarking Best Practices to Improve Product Development
• Benchmarking Product Development
• Breakeven Time
• Building Effective Product Development Teams / Integrated Product Teams
• Business Process Re-Engineering
• Capability Maturity Model
• Characterizing and Improving the Product Development Process
• Collaboration
• Collaborative Computing
• Computational Fluid Dynamics Overview
• Computer-Aided Process Planning
• Concept Development and Selection
• Configuration Management and Engineering Change Control
• Consensus Decision-Making
• Control the NPD Process with Gate Reviews and Design Reviews
• Critical Chain Project Management
• Customer Interviews
• Customer-Focused Development with QFD
• Design Automation Requirements to Support New Product Development
• Design for Manufacturability
• Design for Manufacturability / Assembly Guidelines
• Design for Manufacturability Design Guidelines
• Design for Serviceability / Maintainability
• Design for Six Sigma
• DFM Guidelines Example for Sheetmetal
• Design for The Environment
• Design for The Life Cycle
• Development Expense Worksheet
• Effective Team Meetings
• Effective Team Member Communication
• Enabling Product Development Teams with Collocation
• Enhanced Quality Function Deployment
• Example of Phase-Gate Review Definition
• Example of a Design Review Agenda
• Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA)
• Financial Justification Worksheet
• Finite Element Analysis Overview
• Focus Groups
• Gate Review and Design Review Timing
• Guidelines for Reengineering NPD Business Processes and Procedures
• Implementing Integrated Product Development Practices: Lessons Learned
• Improving Time-To-Market Through Planning and Resource Management
• Integrated Product Teams
• IPPD Definition and Key Tenets
• Kill Canceled Projects
• Kinematic and Dynamic Analysis Overview
• Lean Product Development Principles and Practices
• Management Leadership: A Requisite for Improving Product Development
• Mistake-Proofing by Design
• NPD Process Tools
• Optimizing Cost, Risk & Time-To-Market with a Gate Review Process
• Performing QFD Step by Step
• Process Capability and Product Design
• Process Description Example
• Process Flow Diagram Example
• Process Output Responsibility Matrix Example
• Product Configurators
• Product Data Management / Product Information Management
• Product Definition
• Product Development Metrics List
• Product Launch Checklist
• Product Build Criteria Example
• Product Development Metrics
• Product Development Strategic Orientation
• Product Manager Role and Responsibilities
• Product Planning and QFD Facilitation Experience
• Product Structure and Bills Of Material
• Project Brief
• QFD Product Planning Matrix – Auxiliary Power Unit
• QFD Product Planning Matrix – Computer Server
• QFD Product Planning Matric -QRTN
• QFD Product Planning Matrix – Refrigerator
• QFD & Target Costing Case Study
• QRTN Data Dictionary
• Quality Function Deployment: What, Why & How
• Quantifying Variability Using Contributions From Taguchi
• Rapid Prototyping Overview
• Rapid Prototyping Technology
• Reducing Variation During Design
• Robust Product Design Through Design of Experiments
• Solid and Assembly Modeling
• STEP and Its Parts (ISO Standard 10303)
• Systems Engineering Process
• Target Costing
• Target Cost Worksheet
• Team Charter Example
• Team Charter
• Team Groundrules
• Team Leader Responsibilities
• The Principles of Integrated Product Development
• Use Overtime as a Last Resort
• Value Analysis and Function Analysis System Technique
• Variability Reduction
• Voice of the Customer
• What Is Reverse Engineering?