Commercial and Industrial
Designing for Business to Business Brands
For commercial and industrial products, the purchaser, owner and user are normally separated. This makes for complex, and often contradictory, stakeholder relationships, which we must understand thoroughly so that we can balance and prioritise ease of use, for example, against ease of installation, maintenance or disposal. Separation of ownership and usage often results in harsh treatment of these products. Despite this, they will be expected to function consistently and reliably, particularly in safety-critical situations.
As user’s expectations for commercial and industrial products and consumer products converge, new brand-focused product solutions and experiences are needed to drive your business growth.
Added to this, there is usually the need to adhere to demanding legislative requirements.
Designing for manufacture
The foundations for a smooth transition into manufacture are laid very early in the development of a new product. Early engagement with your selected manufacturing and supply partners will help us tailor the product architecture and specific design details to exactly match the way that they would like to manufacture, assemble and test your product. We can also design any necessary production equipment, jigs and fixtures in parallel with the product itself.
Where parts are to be injection moulded, we can apply our comprehensive suite of moulding simulation and analysis tools to support manufacturers and further de-risk the translation of our design intent into production.
Manufacturing processes need to be carefully considered to ensure that they are a cost effective fit for the anticipated production volumes and product size. Lower volume products will not normally support processes with high tooling costs, and manual intervention and hand finishing during assembly to accommodate lower precision manufacturing techniques will usually be more acceptable.
DCA’s designers and engineers are comfortable working on larger scale products. Over sixty years’ experience of delivering transportation and infrastructure projects means that we are highly knowledgeable about the strengths and limitations of the processes and materials used in the manufacture and construction of large format products.
Tailoring the design to suit the selected manufacturing processes and production partners
Empathy with Multiple Stakeholders
Safety Critical Products
Products for Rugged Environments
Complex Systems
World class expertise founded on 60+ years of experience