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The Gold-Plated Mouse Trap Problem. Building Premium When the Market Needs Affordable

Smart Product Design

Solicit Early Input from Customers, Suppliers & Manufacturing

We recently helped a robotics firm reduce unit costs following product design challenges. Their innovative prototype dazzled during demos, but the design was too costly to produce. Technical brilliance must be anchored to market and production realities….

Achieved 33% unit cost reduction

Unit Cost

Design for Manufacturing

858 parts. 145 suppliers. 1 mission: Dramatically cut costs. A global tech company turned to Kormac for assistance in reducing unit costs on a new electrical systems product. Through Design for Manufacturing assessments and strategic sourcing, we reduced materials cost by $53K per unit and achieved a 33% reduction in total unit cost….