Clarosys has many years of experience in product development. We know what tools are needed and how to use them properly. Whether you need tools for performing reliability calculations, managing resource allocation, performing design of experiments or portfolio management, Clarosys can coach your team on the tools it needs to develop new products better than ever before.

Key tools and technologies for effective product development:


• Rapid Prototyping
  
• Theory of inventive problem solving (TIPS/TRIZ)
  
• Design for manufacturability/assembly (DFM/A)
  
• DFMA guidelines and rules
  
• Manufacturing processes / process selection
  
• Standardization, modularity & design re-use
  
• Mistake-proofing / poka-yoke
  
• Design to cost (DTC)
  
• Value analysis/function analysis (VA/FA)
  
• Function analysis system technique (FAST)
  
• Activity-based costing/activity-based management (ABC/ABM)
  
• Design for six sigma (DFSS)
  
• Advanced product quality planning (APQP)
  
• Design of experiments (DOE)
  
• Taguchi methods (TM)
  
• Process capability
  

• Tolerance design / Tolerance analysis
  
• Control Plans
  
• Theory of Constraints (TOC)
  
• Design for reliability
  
• Failure Analysis / Root Cause Analysis
  
• Failure modes and effects analysis (FMEA)
  
• Failure reporting and corrective action system (FRACAS)
  
• Fault tree analysis
  
• Reliability prediction
  
• Highly accelerated life testing/stress screening (ALT, HALT, HASS)
  
• Human factors and ergonomics
  
• Design for maintainability/serviceability
  
• Design for safety / Hazard analysis
  
• Design for the environment (DFE)
  
• Design for testability (DFT)
  
• Product data management (PDM)
  
• Product Lifecycle Management (PLM)
  
• NPD Document Management
  
• Geometric dimensioning & tolerance
  
• Component supplier management