Design Group provides custom design solutions to address challenges faced by original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and equipment users, through agile and phase-gate processes to:
- Optimize overall engineering and manufacturing costs
- Accelerate time to market
- Improve manufacturing efficiency
- Improve performance, reliability in existing design
- Complete ownership of Intellectual Property (IP)
Incremental Innovation
Experience in working across various industry verticals enables Design Group to address industry challenges in unique ways. We make small-scale improvements to add value to existing equipment and processes for clients to:
- Stay competitive and retain their market share
- Enhance the product lifecycle, resulting in maximizing return on investments
- Complete Intellectual Property Rights, if applicable
Redesign & Retrofit
Design Group’s Redesign and Retrofit solutions include modifying or adding new specifications, features and functionalities to an existing equipment or machine. These solutions benefit an OEM to:
- Meet newer market demands - model line extensions, new variant, product facelift
- Provide a work-around on an existing patent
- Improve Overall Equipment Efficiency
- Comply to the current standards for competitive positioning
For Equipment Users, these solutions help our clients realize higher order specifications on existing equipment or machine that is outside of warranty, for the short term in order to:
- Preserve capital expenditure
- Expand the usage or applicability of the existing equipment or machine
Cost Optimization
Cost optimization solutions using Functional Analysis System Technique (FAST) and Design for Assembly (DFA) techniques result in the lowest lifecycle cost, consistent with required performance, reliability, availability, quality, and safety. This directly benefits the clients to:
- Reduce the material and manufacturing costs without compromising on the features or the functionality of an equipment or machine
- Sustain and increase market share through competitive pricing, leading to realizing desired bottom-line
Line Automation
Clients are supported in automating assembly operations, both semi-automatic and fully automatic to:
- Deliver consistent and repeatable quality, right the first time
- Eliminate the need for any secondary rework operations, saving labor and floor space
Line Automation assists in lowering the COGM – Cost of Goods Manufactured resulting in improved profitability.
Manufacturing Automation
Design Group provides solutions to conceptualize and design - tooling, jigs and fixtures to address specific client requirements for:
- Productivity improvements
- Optimizing manufacturing costs
- Eliminating the need for skilled manpower