Hardware

Product Development Consulting

Some product development consulting firms focus on a specific part of the process like market trends, customer needs, product concepts, or customer satisfaction. At Fresh, we guide you from end-to-end, ideation through implementation.


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Core competencies for product development

  • Acceptance criteria development
  • Complete system interface definition
  • Component Engineering
  • Compliance Management
  • Design analysis and optimization for tooling and assembly
  • Design evaluation for manufacturability and test
  • Design for service and warranty channel support
  • Design Verification Test and Engineering Planning
  • Domestic and global manufacturing partner selection and management
  • End-to-end architecture development
  • End to end market, competitor, and product analysis
  • Gauge R&R planning and execution
  • Incoming and outgoing inspection best practices
  • IP enclosure design
  • Manufacturing strategy
  • Material design and optimization
  • New Product Introduction
  • New Unique and Different product risk identification and management
  • On-site line bring-up
  • Product build volume optimization
  • Product life cycle analysis and optimization
  • Product packaging design
  • Requirement definition and management
  • Qualification of equipment and processes
  • Risk and issue identification, management and mitigation
  • Shipping container design and optimization
  • Supply chain optimization
  • Test Suite development planning and execution
  • Tooling design, development and vendor selection
  • User story and scenario definition
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Competitive product development and product management

What will resonate in the market? How do you ensure your industrial or innovative products are ruggedized and field-ready? What’s the most effective approach to manufacturing at scale? Fresh combines full-service strategy, design, software, and hardware services to give our clients a competitive product development edge.

Fresh’s holistic team can help you make critical strategic decisions across your product’s full lifecycle, from initial concept to future updates.

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Seamless, integrated consulting services

Establish a strategic Foundation
Our process begins with building a strategic foundation so that every aspect of product development is accounted for and addressed.

Innovate intelligently
Innovation is incremental. We help clients understand what’s attainable, then plan to create feasible product milestones.

A dedicated partnership
Our team prizes longevity. A lasting relationship positions you for short-term and long-term success.

Product development services that scale with you

Mechanical engineering

Product architecture, electronics optimization, complex injection-molded and 3D printed part design, design for manufacturability and assembly, risk identification and mitigation planning, and other mechanical engineering services.

Electrical engineering

Architecture component and technology analysis, RF engineering, ultra low power devices, HMI Systems, embedded design, power supply design, and PCB design.

Robotics & automation

Actuator specification and design, control systems, equipment procurement, navigation and localization, mission control platforms, and supplier negotiation.

Product testing

Test planning and procedure development, performance and reliability testing, failure analysis, safety and compliance, and certification management.

Firmware engineering

Process methodology, development and deployment of microprocessors and microcontrollers, wireless networking protocols, PCBA, and FPGA.

Software development

Custom software development and solution architecture, control systems, web applications, AI/ML, Dev-Ops, microservices, IoT, and data and analytics.

UX & industrial design

UX and industrial design including dashboard and interfaces, usability testing, rapid prototyping, 3D modeling, high-fidelity rendering, and color, material, and finish.

Brand & product strategy

Brand strategy and design, brand collateral, product strategycustomer experience consulting, and business model innovation.

 

Our proven process

Explore our multidisciplinary approach. From ideation to execution, we provide guidance at every step.

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