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Competitive R&D Management Services

CDA can evaluate your R&D processes to make them more competitive by considering:

  • Concept development
  • Intellectual property development strategies
  • R&D strategy and planning process
  • Strategic partner selection 

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Market Research Services

CDA research studies provide an objective assessment of potential markets or technologies:

  • Technical and market evaluation of new product concepts  
  • Competing patents, technologies, and organizations 
  • Product demand, segmentation, and market potential 
  • Potential barriers to market entry

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Feasibility Analysis

CDA works to improve product definition, configuration, and potential business models:

  • Technical and economic product feasibility
  • Evaluation of competitive Technologies
  • Application of new technology to new markets
  • Manufacturing design to cost or cost reduction. 

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R&D Strategy Development

Developing creative R&D strategy to achieve your product development goals.

  • Evaluate existing R&D strategies
  • Integrate R&D strategies with marketing and manufacturing
  • Locate or develop new technology partners

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R&D Strategy Implementation

Requirements for successful technologies and products extends beyond R&D

  • Help to develop R&D organization and specific strategic partners. 
  • Link R&D implementation to other strategies

 

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Project Planning

 CDA will help you in your R & D project planning process.

  • Product Definition and Development
  • Project Management including business model planning
  • Production and tooling strategies and plans

 

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R&D Risk Reduction

CDA can help balance risk with resources and performance goals

  • Objective risk and  technologic assessments 
  • Preliminary Technologic model building and testing
  • Reduction of critical paths by using parallel activities  
  • Complete Preliminary Prototype development for market and functional testing

 

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General R&D Management

CDA can act as a parallel or integrated R&D Organization

  • Product Definition and Specifications
  • Technology Selection to link with customer needs 
  • Product Development Cost Evaluation and Projection 
  • Project Management including Planning-Budgeting-Scheduling-Controlling

 

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Technical R&D Coaching
CDA offers Technical R&D Coaching in the following areas for clients that have internal design, fabrication, assembly, and integration capabilities:
  • Optical technology and related product development
  • Competitive Technology, patent research, and IP development strategy
  • R&D strategy and process  development
  • Preliminary manufacturing strategy and process development
CDA also offer coaching for technologists to help them transition into management positions. Here experienced feedback and individualized coaching support can help guide potential technical R&D leaders. By developing good management practices and relationship skills early it is easier to achieve technical management success. Experience is cheap if you are smart enough to get it secondhand!

 

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Curt Deckert Associates, Inc.
Competitive R&D

18061 Darmel Place
Santa Ana, CA 92705, USA.

Tel:(714) 639-0746
       (800) 394-0748
Fax:(714) 639-0746

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