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Consulting
(you develop your new product with advice from Robert Reid)

This page describes Reid's consulting services:
 

• New venture guidance
• Expert engineering consultation
• Independent engineering design review

New venture guidance

Reid can help you solidify your product concept(s) and mitigate your technical risks:

• elicitation of product requirements
• identification and accommodation of lurking issues
• concept optimization for function, usability, and unit cost
• technical feasibility assessment and proof-of-concept

He can also help you incorporate product development into your business plan:

• project milestones, project phasing, and project philosophy
• critical human resource identification
• project budget and schedule
• cursory estimates for capital equipment and tooling

Expert engineering consultation

Reid's expert engineering consultation services can improve your positioning: 

• due diligence assessments (broadly construed)
• professional engineering opinion (mechanical)
• answers to specific technical questions or pursuit of such answers
• improvement of product or manufacturing process
• assistance in establishing technical options and choosing among them
• assistance in sourcing components, fabrication capability, or other services
• preparation of technical (product-related) promotional materials

Independent engineering design review

Reid's independent engineering design review services can reduce your risks:

• oral examination in open session (with professional sensitivity to the individuals presenting)
• due diligence assessment of plant, hardware and design documentation
• independent feasibility study (including a report)
• safety risk assessment (including a report)