Product Development & Engineering

AS modern companies strive to do more with fewer resources, outsourcing has become the norm. A
significant trend in today’s engineering industry is the
outsourcing of product development and
related tasks, not only to provide organizations with extra capacity, but to tap into the know-how
and
experience of external R&D partners to gain competitive advantage.

In addition to expanding internal capacity and providing additional expertise, another benefit of
outsourcing product development (OPD) is the cost reduction that results from:

  • Reducing the overall size of a company’s R&D
    staff and associated operating expenses
  • Using suppliers with lower overhead cost
    structures (lower cost per hour for R&D services)
  • Purchasing product development services by the
    hour instead of utilizing full-time employees
  • Employing suppliers that provide specialized
    expertise or equipment that is cost-prohibitive to
    maintain in-house


Time to market has become the most important factor in determining a product's ultimate
profitability. Those who realize how critical the time to market is engineer and manufacture crucial
designs through outsourcing in order to rule fast changing markets.

Outsourced Product Development & Engineering Services

At APD understand the challenges associated with Product Development & Product Engineering. We
have adopted an outsourced Product Release Process that reduces the cost of  product development
considerably, while keeping control on the product development process, offering better ROI to start-
ups and mid-size companies.

APD Product Development & Engineering services cover:
  • Product Conceptualization
  • Turnkey Manufacturing Solutions
  • Product Re-engineering
  • Internet based Project Management
  • World Leading Virtual Product Development Environment
  • Participative Product Development Workflows
  • Remote Process visibility.

APD Product Development & Engineering Advantages:
  • Transparent and Proven Product Development Methodology according to Prince
  • Highly Qualified and Experienced Designers
  • World class Infrastructure and Tool-set.
  • Full product development traceability.
  • Faster time to market

When outsourcing makes Sence.
DesignAlliance is an Automated Product Development
Initiative. This initiative is supported by the Alliance Foundation.
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