25/03/2026
How to design a product ready for export
Founders set up businesses for many reasons, but the most common motivations include spotting an underserved market, leveraging their own abilities or networks, or simply…
product design
15/04/2020
Revitalize your business through product adaptation: Stage 2 – Design
In a challenging economy, agile businesses are the ones who come out the winners. Adapt or die, as the saying goes. This article series explores the four general stages of product development, continuing with the design stage.
03/06/2016
Know these 5 terms when standardizing products for global markets
The major problem companies face with standardizing products for international distribution is that such standards are not the same in all markets.
06/11/2015
11 global business product characteristics that customers value
Any clear definition of a business should be accompanied by an understanding of who the customers are in that business. The next step is to develop an understanding of what global business product characteristics those customers value.
04/07/2014
How adapting product design can lead to supply chain improvements
Because more companies are outsourcing functions not directly related to their core
competencies, many specialist companies have grown up to provide those functions.
The strategic benefits of outsourcing include enhanced performance, better profitability,
and in the case of larger companies, increased shareholder value.