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Design Strategy & Commercial Excellence
knowledge | competition | vision | value
You know that you have to do something to develop your portfolio and remain competitive, yet you are at a loss to know what this may be or how to do it. BlackOyster provides individually tailored frameworks to gauge the questions that you should be asking about your products, customers and end users. By integrating cross-functional analytics, social research, consumer needs and technology mapping, BlackOyster can help you achieve success with differential and emotive products that are in line with your business growth and commercial strategies.
To find out how BlackOyster strategic design methods can increase your product revenues, get in touch.
Design & Innovation Management
acceleration | transformation | execution
BlackOyster has rewritten what it means to have genuine Design & Innovation Management Excellence. With twenty years of gold standard experience in delivering dreams to market for Blue Chip brands; BlackOyster will work with your Marketing, Product Development and Commercial teams to transform your Products and Solutions into market leading positions.
Lean Product and Process Development, Decision Engineering, Design Driven Innovation and Set Based Concurrent Engineering are at the forefront of what we do. We will make you stand-apart from your rivals while ensuring on-time, on-cost, on-quality delivery are made and met time after time.
Take a journey with BlackOyster to see an immediate bounce in your P&L.
Trend Forecasting
ethnography | insight | demographics | aspiration
A global awareness of culture and movement is critical in delivering quality products and services with high value perception that in turn become best sellers. By keeping a constant eye on current consumer focused trends together with dynamic use of propensity modelling, we develop sound representations of future end-user requirements and factors whatever sphere of industry you operate within. By knowing where today’s “fast-fashion” fads have come from and where they will lead, we help to incorporate true “hidden needs” and unique selling points into client briefs before the design process begins.
To assess and future proof your product portfolio, get in touch.
Human Factors
ergonomics | usability | interfacing | architecture
The interaction of people whether physically or emotively is paramount to successful products and solutions. Understanding the way humans react and relate to their environment is essential in developing core product functions and user interfaces. We study every possible aspect of contact a consumer will have with your ideas through our pioneering possession theory; where anthropometric and cognitive elements are combined with social interactions to develop design solutions into instruments that are more than just products; they become products with soul and feeling created specifically to make life easier.
Contact us now for an insight into how introducing our user-centric methodology into your products will breed success.
Industrial Design
form | feel | colour | material | finish
Too often, Industrial Design leans into the aesthetic leaving function an afterthought. Then, when it comes to applying the internal utilities that will make products and services work it is not achievable within the exquisitely sculpted footprint; guaranteeing escalating development costs and schedule creep.
At BlackOyster we prefer to think of Industrial Design as Conceptual Engineering. We apply imagination with science to achieve ideas that not only hold perceived value, they are feasible to manufacture. Through our refined design process, we harmonise science and technology with creativity to develop desirable looking products that achieve their goals.
For beautiful stylised products that sell, contact us.
Product Engineering
develop | analyse | test | detail
It is imperative that designs are realised into three dimensional tangible forms that achieve their functionality. By utilising Design for Six Sigma, FEA and tacit/impirical technical analysis through the use of proof of principle test rigs and simulation; we maximise design-mistake-prevention and minimise failure risks in the engineering phase of development. The core aim here is the delivery of value engineered products and digital services that are commercially viable. We transfer new break-through technologies and leading-edge science into your ideas that provide you with the edge over your rivals.
Materials science and selection, design for assembly & manufacture, and reproducibility/reliability are all covered under our engineering umbrella.
For in-house or on-site engineering services, request a consultation.
Prototyping | Testing | Regulatory
print | mill | press | turn | spray | assemble | verify
When developing products, the earlier you are able to put ideas into physical form and into their intended environment, the more than can be learned and achieved. Rapid prototyping allows realistic and fully functional models to be created and analysed; providing a high level of flexibility to integrate new subjective knowledge and design verification back into the complete development process before expensive production tooling costs are incurred. This is especially critical in highly regulated indusctries.
With two decades of experience in delivering pre-production and proof-of-principle devices, we offer total closed loop facilities internally or with your trusted supply chain.`
Notified Body approvals: At BlackOyster we have the knowledge, relationships and insight into the certification processes of the major Global approvals agencies; with significant experience in Life Safety and Medical Devices in Europe, America and China.
If you need a working model or rig, or assistance in executing internationally recognised third party legislative certifications, get in touch.
Manufacturing & Sourcing
source | manage | protect | produce
With a product fully developed and line-ready, it is critical that it can be produced to the specified quality and shipped on time, every time. At BlackOyster, we have developed and nurtured long standing relationships with manufacturing suppliers on a global footprint, guaranteeing that component sourcing or full turn-key production is entirely hassle free. We control and manage the whole process, doing all of the worrying so you don’t have to.
Out-Sourcing: From individual parts, sub-assemblies and PCB’s, to completely finished and boxed products; we have the network, the trust, and the experience to get the job done. Even if we have not done the design work, we can guarantee a financial saving in manufacture through low cost region sourcing for your products.
In-Sourcing: Whether launching a new product internally or bringing a legacy solution in-house, BlackOyster draws upon experience from gold standard Manufacturing Operating Systems used by World Leading producers to ensure that your flow lines are balanced and every element of waste is eliminated or minimalised at launch.
Drop us a line to ensure your Key Performance Indicators are a sea of green.
Value Engineering
optimisation | margin gain | profit acceleration | materials rationalisation
In today’s Covid-19 landscape, the pressure on gross margin and operating income has never been greater. With budgets for new developments being tied down in risk-management uncertainty, business transformation and organisational restructuring is paramount in providing some security and confidence to shareholders. Now is the time to be exploring and identifying opportunities in your current portfolio to maximise customer value and increase your gross margin and operating income.
At BlackOyster we pride ourselves in achieving double digit percentage savings year-on-year on our clients addressable spend. Since 2017, we have saved our clients over $57M (USD) while building project pipelines in excess of $400M (USD).
To provide new value to your customers while generating growth, get in touch.