In an effort to make your production line more efficient, look at the different ways to lay out the production line or overall manufacturing plant. Two of the most common layouts are the process ...

Product launches are a crucial part of a company's goal to continually innovate within its industry. This involves careful planning because each new product reflects a considerable amount of capital ...

I’ve spent the past two decades helping companies build and launch products including Microsoft, Google, and now Xero. Some of these products have gone on to be very successful. Others have been total ...

There’s no one right way to go about product design. Many methodologies exist, and many of them are good ones. But there are a few elements of product design that are too often neglected in the ...

Amid the churn of the pandemic and change on multiple fronts, consumer goods manufacturers now face historic pressures to contain costs, navigate ongoing uncertainty in both supply and demand, and ...

The best products are often sparked as ambitious ideas that are pushed up against guardrails while barreling along the product development highway. The Fast Company Executive Board is a private, ...

Product design and cybersecurity may seem worlds apart, but they share a common goal: creating systems that people can trust, use intuitively and engage with seamlessly. Cybersecurity solutions that ...

Bodies of knowledge ebb and flow over time. When you step back and look at them, the maturation of a specific discipline or technology is counted in decades. Last month (MD Apr ’19), this column ...

Drexel University’s Bachelor of Science (BS) in Product Design is a full-time, four-year undergraduate program that prepares students for cutting-edge careers in the fields of industrial design, ...

The use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) into 3D product design is increasingly impactful, especially during the initial stages of image creation, brainstorming and conceptualization. A variety of AI ...

Aditi Kapildev Vatse explains how product-led compliance replaces legacy systems to automate regulatory reporting, reduce errors, and avoid financial penalties.