⚙️ 1- Being able to anticipate industrial constraints from the design stage
By working with your manufacturer’s R&D team, you anticipate all industrial imperatives to guarantee the feasibility of your project and secure its series production. The design teams of an integrated design center communicate to the industrial teams with transparency all the information: plans, Bill Of Materials (BOM), and qualifications to guarantee their completeness and compliance.
Opting for an integrated solution has the advantage that the design center can collaborate directly with the production factories. The teams are used to cooperating using a harmonized language and respecting the same procedures. This synergy allows avoiding delays and reducing risks during the different phases of the project, to save time, cost, and reliability.
Unlike independent design centers that will not have complete control over all phases of industrialization, pre-series, and production, an integrated R&D team is in constant contact with those of the factory. It also has direct access to industrial equipment, which simplifies and accelerates validations during the industrialization phase. The fluidity of exchanges between services is an undeniable asset for those who want to ensure optimal and simplified management of their project thanks to the piloting of a unique partner.
? 2- Benefit from the experience of seasoned teams – R&D and industrial
By benefiting from complete expertise in Design for Excellence (DfX), you are guided from end to end to optimize your manufacturing processes and minimize the number of iterations during the development phase. This DfX phase facilitates and improves tests. It allows securing the supply chain by controlling the purchases of components and their quality level.
Buyers take care of sourcing your components. Sometimes, they manage to divide by up to three the supply risks thanks to:
- A complete and detailed analysis of your BOM (Bill of Materials);
- A careful selection of each component based on their quality, availability, and obsolescence.
To optimize the cost of your product, and its industrialization, the DfX methodology must be implemented as early as possible in the project so that all global constraints are taken into account from the start.
Did you know that the development phase represents 80% of the total cost to be incurred for the manufacture of your product?
? 3- Succeed in your “Time-to-Market” by minimizing risks
Several modes of operation are possible depending on your needs and the maturity of your project:
- An agile methodology: ideal when your project still needs to be specified in its specifications or some of its functionalities;
- A V-cycle method Nouvelle fenêtre with systematic testing procedures and validation stages at each stage of the project.
Quality engineers and test protocol experts integrated within the design center of the factory allow you to accelerate the development of prototypes and the adjustments to be made. It quickly leads to the ideal design, and a reliable and profitable product.
In addition, an integrated design center also has knowledge of all regulatory aspects, such as the IATF 16949 standard Nouvelle fenêtre in the automotive sector. You are thus accompanied by experts in the various stages of compliance and certification of your product for its market launch.
✅ 4- Choose the freedom of a customized service offer!
Do you already have an idea?
An integrated design center has all the essential expertise in electronics and mechatronics to realize your project by ensuring all stages of pre-industrialization:
– Eco-design;
– The realization of the PoC (Proof of Concept);
– Hardware, software, and mechanical architectures;
– Test strategy (design for test)
From the definition of your need to the writing of the specifications, an integrated design center will assist you and guide you to make your specifications clear and finalize them. It coordinates, structures, and facilitates all stages of development.
You already have the specifications of your project?
If your project is sufficiently advanced in its design, an integrated design center can guide you in all the preliminary stages to the series launch of your product: from the first prototypes through industrialization and production, to the final coordination of all test and validation protocols.
By working with an R&D team integrated into the manufacturing plant, you are certain to launch the industrialization and series production of your product, under the best conditions.
Note: Experts trained in life cycle analysis are an asset to eco-design your product. You will minimize its environmental footprint, optimize the performance of its components while limiting its energy consumption.
“Impulse”: the integrated design office of LACROIX
Based in Rennes, Impulse brings together over 50 engineers and draws on LACROIX’s 6 factories to support you every step of the way, from specifications to series production.
- Comprehensive expertise: electronics, connectivity, energy, AI, etc.
- Fast prototyping : to quickly validate your innovations.
- Customized support : PoC, industrialization, certification.
- Turnkey IIoT : with our secure, interoperable LX IoT Core Suite platform.
Impulse guarantees a controlled, agile and high-performance project.
