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Project management

Our project management process starts with your ideas. We use state of the art techniques and CAD tools to help you find opportunity, reduce risk and prototype your new product. The result is innovative product designs that meet the business objectives and are robust, distinctive and easy to use.

Design1st provides our clients with a variety of integrated services from visual concept sketches to full mechanical engineering of a production ready product. Today products can require extensive internal planning prior to selecting a final direction. We work with our client to define and refine the product concepts into strong business solutions. Good design is good business!

Our Engineering and knowledge of materials, components and processes lead to solutions that meet business, manufacturing and environment of use requirements, ensuring the development process is completed efficiently. The result is lower R&D costs & faster time to market.

Our ability to get the many small details right the first time saves our clients thousands of dollars in prototype iterations, part costs and supplier costs as they prepare their product for production. The benefit of a planned solution continues to benefit throughout the life of the product.

Project Management

Task & Resource Scheduling

Weekly Progress Report

Risk Analysis Planning

Product Requirements Doc.

Low-High Volume Planning

Preliminary Unit Costing

Part Process Definition

Part Tooling Estimation

Component Identification

Supplier Identification

Change Management

Industrial Design

Competition Review

Concept Form Sketching

Design Criteria

Environment of Use Plan

Build Form Models

Usability Benchmarking

Product Image Renderings

Product Graphics Design

Production Artworks

Color Specifications

Finish Specifications

Mechanical Engineering

Mechanical Concepts

3D CAD Design

3D CAD Part Development

Pro-Engineer WF3

Solidworks 2008

3D Thermal Simulation

3D CAD Stress Analysis

Plastic Part Design

Design Verification

Off Tool Part Review

Full Documentation

Product Prototypes

In House Test Measurement
- force, torque, noise...

In House Mill Center
- Overnight Prototypes

Outsource Prototypes
- SLA, FDM, SLS, Cast...

Build Working Models

'Look' Marketing Models

Material Specification

Assembly Build and Check

Fixture Design and Build

Prototype Build Management

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