It’s no surprise that consumers’ food and beverage preferences are changing. Food and beverage companies need to act swiftly to put new products that consumers want on shelves—and they recognize how ...

QFD (quality function deployment) is a family of tools that can help engineers during the early stages of product development. A method of assessing options for new product definition, QFD can help ...

As we load up our cars for our annual holiday treks to visit friends and family across the country, many of us will also be loading our destinations into our phones and onboard navigation systems. I ...

The six-week sprint is a new product development strategy chosen by startups to replace unrealistic product development cycles and avoid time-consuming and wasteful traditional methodologies. The ...

Back in 2022, I wrote about the triple threat of additive, agility and automation—three forces that were already reshaping manufacturing and product development. Fast forward to 2025, and these trends ...