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, helping you build intelligent products that integrate hardware, software—as well as AI, for products that need it—from day one.


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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
  • Intelligent product design
  • Machine learning integration
  • Material design and optimization
  • New Product Introduction
  • On-site line bring-up
  • 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
  • Artificial intelligence integration
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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 combines full-service strategy, design, software, and hardware services to give our clients a competitive edge in intelligent product development. Our holistic team helps you make critical strategic decisions across your product’s full lifecycle, enabling intelligent products that evolve from initial concept through 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 intelligent product development is accounted for and addressed.

Innovate intelligently
Innovation is incremental. We help clients understand what’s attainable, then plan feasible milestones that move you toward intelligent products with clear business impact.

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

Our cross-disciplinary teams collaborate from strategy through launch, applying intelligent product development practices across hardware, software, and design.

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, AI-based computer vision, equipment procurement, navigation and localization, mission control platforms, machine learning, and supplier negotiation as part of intelligent product development for robotics and automation.

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 strategy for intelligent products, customer experience consulting, and business model innovation.

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Security & Compliance Standards

At Fresh Consulting, we prioritize the highest standards of security, data protection, and regulatory compliance to ensure our clients’ trust and confidence.

  • SOC 1® Type 1 Compilant
  • SOC 2® Type 1 (In Progress)
  • CMMC (The Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification) 2.0 Level 2 Compliant
  • NIST (National Institute of Standards and Technology, U.S. Department of Commerce) 800-171 Compliant
  • ITAR (The International Traffic in Arms Regulations) Compliant
  • EAR (Export Administration Regulations) Compliant

Related hardware capabilities

Explore our other engineering services, which allow our team to solve challenges for your organization and others, regardless of size, industry vertical, or product category.

Our proven process

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

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