Product Design and Development
Great ideas have to be developed before they are useful in the real world. This is where our Product Design team comes in. Our product design team is well-equipped with the necessary engineering and creative skills to nurture your concepts into tangible products. We attain a clear understanding of what you have in mind and work with you step by step in order to help you bring your product to life.
Whether it is a new product idea or improving an existing product, Pentadesk has a solution for you. We specialize in product design and look forward to working with you on your next big idea.
What is Product Design?
When it comes to creating robust and user-friendly products, the most significant feature is the investment in the ‘design’ process. In the highly competitive scenario that we live in today, ‘product design’ is the king; it’s what distinguishes businesses and gives them a competitive advantage. Product design is essential to a company or a brand because it distinguishes them from their competitors.
Product Design is the process in which you present the product’s features and advantages to the consumer. The process of finding a business opportunity, clearly identifying the problem, designing a proper solution to these problems, and authenticating the solution with actual users is product design.
Importance of Product Design
From a marketing standpoint, there are many explanations why product design service is essential to a company. If you have a better product design than the competition, your product will be preferred over the competition in the market. Product design attracts a large number of people, in technology sectors, as well as in heavy machinery and services.
Product design in mechanical engineering can take several forms, and the better the product design’s social acceptance over time, the better the brand created for the company.
Consumer behavior is considered to be highly influenced by product design. A brand that spends more on product design and includes consumers in the design process is more likely to generate a higher return on investment and be selected over the competition. Because of its customer-friendly style, the product design would be well-liked by consumers.
Product Design Process
Concept
Before you begin the design and development process, you must first determine if there is a clear market or need for your product. We often perform consumer research to confirm product-market compatibility. After gathering data from user studies, we often summarise our results by sorting them into common themes – a process we call affinity mapping.
Design
Irrespective of your project size, design is considered the most essential factor when it comes to product development. While choosing the main theme, it is important to focus on structure, templates, edits, concept refinement, and so on.
Prototype
The task of creating a prototype is just as critical as the task of designing a concept. It helps you to demonstrate the product’s features, user interface methods, and simple appearance. The prototype’s formation allows for the potential avoidance of several mistakes and corrections.
Manufacture
You pilot launch a test product in the market after it has been finalized. The product can then be mass-produced if it is approved. You will already have a complete set of technical specifications with clearly specified criteria, duties, roles, targets, and strategy before you begin manufacturing/developing the product.
Delivery
Once the mass production is ready, the products are ready for shipping and delivery to end-users.
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Frequently Asked Questions
How much does it cost to develop a new product?
The product design process is quite extensive and the design expenditure will rely on the complexity of the project and the time required. The cost further increases when testing and prototyping are also involved. Moreover, the cost associated with testing also depends on the function of the product in addition to the complexity and size.
How to successfully complete a product design project?
Successful products must function well with a sense of quality. A skilled product design engineer invests a lot of effort and time to ensure that the product’s operational quality is perfect. The designing and development of quality products take time and is a costly undertaking, but the end result should be effective and lucrative.
How can a company reduce the risks involved in product development?
Developing a new product to the market can be a highly profitable venture, but there are certain risks associated with the same. Lack of proper market understanding is one of the primary reasons why many new product design ideas never get launched in the market.
Designing and delivering excellent products that have strong market appeal needs an integrated approach. There needs to be a proper design management system to ensure that teams across different departments are working together to achieve a single goal.
How to increase the sales of the product?
A solid product design is the best way to boost product sales. While an attractive and practical product is imperative, there are other factors that are important in increasing the sales of the product that include:
- Focusing on customers needs
- Understanding the target market
- Designing products that add value
- Marketing your product right
- Diversification
- Innovation
How to reduce the product design cost?
Companies across multiple sectors are looking for ways to reduce new product design costs. Some of the ways companies can reduce designing costs include:
- Ensure that the products are designed to function efficiently
- Leverage modular construction approaches
- Reduce assembly time
What qualities should you look for in a product designer?
When you hire a product designer for a project, there are certain qualities that the professional must imbibe. Some of these qualities include:
- Entrepreneurial thinking
- A creative mind
- Ability to streamline the complexity
- Self-driven and initiative
- Capability to empathize
- Strong communication skills
How to protect intellectual property?
One of the primary concerns at the product concept design stage is the protection of the ideas from competitors. The first thing you should do is prepare a Non-Disclosure Agreement that keeps the information confidential between both parties.