About the Webinar:

Turning an idea into a scalable, commercial product is a challenge that faces many entrepreneurs, innovators and SMEs. Developing a new product, new functionality or new customer experience can be difficult, and the design to manufacture process must be given careful consideration to ensure that development costs and timelines are managed effectively.

Navigating this process can be daunting and good communication between stakeholders is vital. By understanding what designers and manufacturers care about, it will be easier to establish the good relationships and processes that will avoid costly, time consuming changes further along the development process.

The KTN manufacturing team in partnership with Product Design Scotland have curated and exciting and informative a lunchtime programme – join us each week for an opportunity to hear from representatives across the design to manufacture space. Experienced innovators and specialists will give their own perspectives on the challenges and important considerations that should inform early stage product development.

Grab a tea and a sandwich and join Abi Hird and Alastair McInroy each Wednesday for expert insights, stimulating debate and an opportunity to join our diverse and vibrant community collectively focused on navigating the design to manufacture journey.

What to expect

Our aim is to build community. Attendees are expected from across the innovation, consultancy and contract manufacturing space.

• Innovators – SMEs, spin-outs, academics

• Technology providers/systems integrators

• Design consultancies

• Contract manufacturers

• Investors

Each one-hour online meeting will include three presentations from thought leaders on a specific aspect of the design to manufacture journey. This will be followed by an interactive Q&A session and an opportunity to connect. Across the whole series we will be using meeting mojo to facilitate connections enabling relationships to flourish. Grab a coffee and come and join us!

This Week's Design Processes and Principles Theme:

Having confidence that a great solution has been developed is the result of good design. It’s critical to make sure you have a product that addresses a well understood need, is useable and delivers desirable functionality at an acceptable cost. Design can add value in many ways! For the fourth week in the series, our expert panel provide some insights to design processes and methods and the benefits they can bring.

Hear about some key topics from our engaging speakers:

The Design Journey
Will Mitchell, 4c Design Ltd Chair Product Design Scotland

Strategies for approaching the design journey.
Andy Bell, Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (AMRC)

Design for Manufacture (tools and techniques)
Derek Liddle - Invent Design Build

Want to connect and network with others online?

Sign up to use the Meeting Mojo online partnering & 1:1 meeting system when you register on this page. After the webinar, you will be able to:

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• Send direct messages

Statement of Intent

The Knowledge Transfer Network is committed to increasing diversity and advancing equality of opportunity to create a vibrant climate of inclusiveness across the sectors that we serve.

As a responsible business, it is important to us that we represent the diversity of our people and communities, and that we create an inclusive innovation ecosystem in the UK in which everyone can reach their full potential.

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