CONCURRENT PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT - METRICS

MEASURING THE VALUE OF YOUR EFFORTS

Creativity means coming up with new ideas. Innovation means making money on those ideas. How do you make the transition?

We are experienced in developing a wide range of rational decision-making tools that can help you understand and increase the profitability of your product development efforts and direct your innovation strategy.

SPECIFIC AREAS WHERE WE CAN HELP

Project portfolio strategy, analysis, valuation, timing, ranking, and selection

Estimating fuzzy data (e.g., sales forecasts, research costs, development times for risky projects, valuation of intellectual property) using min-likely-max scenario modeling

Monitoring and managing performance using key metrics, indicators, and information dashboards

Clear, easy-to-use, versatile visual control boards to monitor the status and health of large numbers of concurrent product development projects and support on-the-fly reallocation of resources

Business case analysis and scenario modeling from quick and simple to rigorous and complex

Capital expenditure valuation and ranking

Valuation metrics including Net Present Value (NPV), Economic Value Added (EVA), Internal Rate of Return (IRR), Return on Investment (ROI), Breakeven (BE) in terms of time, money, or units, Gross and Contribution Margin (GM, CM), Gross Margin Return on Inventory (GMROI), etc.

Make/buy, outsourcing, and cost of production location analyses

Standard financial modeling modules and templates

Cost estimates and costing templates

Costed Bills of Materials and Bills of Labor

Risk-adjusted cost of capital

Licensing, terms and conditions rate recommendations and modeling

We help you measure your process so that you can manage it.