New Product Development
With Porticos, you’re getting a product realization partner.
Porticos provides new product development services for companies bringing complex products from concept to production. Whether a client has an early idea, a working prototype, or a defined technical challenge, Porticos helps assess risks, develop product architecture, create prototypes, and prepare products for manufacturing.
Examine our Expertise
Take a look at our product development skills and examples from past projects.
Our Process
Our process is tuned to the client and to the project. Each is unique.
Assessment: Defining Product Goals, Risks, and Requirements
Every project begins with an assessment. Some clients approach Porticos with a vision for a new product, others with a sophisticated working prototype. Porticos catalogs the “knowns” and the risks. We set the starting line and define the finish line. The route between them begins to take shape.
Architecture & Concept Generation: Choosing the Best Technical Path
We generate technical answers to the questions: “How can we do it? How should we do it?” We often consider more than one approach. Then we collaborate with you to select the one that represents the best balance of cost, risk, and performance.
Feasibility: Reducing Risk Before Full Development
Porticos identifies technical challenges, then develops a plan to address each of them. Experience or simple calculations are often sufficient; experimentation or computer simulation may be used to de-risk specific items.
With the challenges clearly identified, budget and schedule come into clear focus. Project Managers will accurately forecast and track progress towards well-defined milestones.
Engineering Design: Turning Concepts Into Functional Products
Once we’ve got the overall architecture defined and the technical risks addressed we dig in. Porticos engineers develop schematics, code, PCB layouts, mechanical CAD, drawings, and specifications that will define every aspect of the new product.
Porticos engineers typically generate several prototypes during this phase. The aesthetic and functional fidelity improves throughout this phase until we have a realistic device that can be shown to focus groups or investors.
Pre-Production: Preparing for Manufacturing and Validation
The run-up to production is a busy time. Engineering specifications are being tuned to optimize cost and yield at the factory. Validation and regulatory certification are underway. Last-minute changes are being integrated.
Post-Production: Supporting Products After Launch
Once production commences, Porticos will stay engaged as long as desired. Sustaining Engineering support is often needed, intermittently, for the life of the product. Component obsolescence and feature enhancements are just two of the more common triggers for Porticos to return our attention to your product.
Read more about our Production services.
Many of our clients require only a few of these activities. Others may need all of them, but only for specific engineering disciplines.
Whatever your situation, we will work with you to determine what you need, and let you handle the things you prefer to do yourself.
Product Development Services
- Concept Development
- Product Architecture
- Feasibility Studies
- Mechanical Engineering
- Electrical Engineering
- Prototype Development
- PCB Layout and Design
- Regulatory and Certification Support
- Design Validation
- CAD Modeling and Drawings
- Manufacturing Readiness
- Sustaining Engineering
Who We Help
Porticos works with companies at many stages of the product development process. Some clients come with an early idea or market opportunity, while others already have a working prototype or a specific technical challenge. Whether the project requires full development support or targeted engineering expertise, Porticos helps define the right path forward.
The staff at Porticos were fundamental in moving us from product conception into product development and manufacturing. Their focus helped us manage our engineering costs as they provided deliverables on time and on target. We look forward to working with them through product revisions and new product development.
