Lower sales of traditional products

For many manufacturers, the sales of traditional products have fallen along with the profits from past years. Competition and the threat of off-shore imports has become a daily reality.

From this point of view, the number of variables to control may seem insurmountable. Some of the leading indicators that changes are needed, are that the current operations seem ineffective, customer complaints are rising and sell prices are being reduced.

Solutions for these problems are most often addressed in the following areas: Product Innovation, Improving control of R and D, Implementing Concurrent engineering and the Design of New Methods. Improvement in these areas have provided the foundations for many success stories and resulted in the revitalization of numerous companies with seemingly desperate situations. .