The application of quality metrics in industrial manufacturing allows engineering teams to measure the effectiveness of production processes with the goal of improving productivity and driving peak performance. However, we need to know which indicators are capable of providing meaningful insight. That is why, in this article, we explain what quality parameters are, what they
Failures and failure modes, i.e., the loss of characteristics or functions of a product or material, produce a series of effects that must be determined in order to solve them. In this article we analyze what is the term failure mode and what are the types of failures that can occur in materials. What does
Porter’s value chain is a very effective business strategy to achieve a competitive advantage, an essential factor in any innovative project. In this article we explain what value chain analysis consists of. What is value chain analysis? Porter’s value chain is a business management concept developed by Michael Porter in his book Competitive Advantage (1985).
The attraction that Eva Pacheco (Alicante, 1992) feels for knowing and understanding how things work has remained a constant throughout her life. With a broad training achieved after graduating in Chemical Engineering at the University of Alicante and in the qualifying master’s degree in Chemical Engineering at the Polytechnic University of Madrid – with a
Infinitia’s Strategic Design team uses in-depth interviews with end consumers in order to validate a concept, an idea or a solution, and to measure the interest of these potential users in them. Understood as a method of qualitative analysis, we believe it is necessary to focus on this tool because of its efficiency and the
Process reengineering achieves cost reductions both within an organization and in product development. At the same time, it focuses on eliminating redundant business processes and reorganizing the workflow. In this article we explain what it is and what steps are required to carry out BPR (Business Process Re-engineering). What is process reengineering? Process reengineering is
Materials have different properties that make them unique. Knowing them will ensure that we select materials with the right properties to develop a given product. In this article we will see what and which are the properties of materials that we need to know in the industry. What are material properties? Properties are factors that
Julián Lizán (Zaragoza, 1990), Industrial Design and Product Development Engineer at Infinitia, marks two milestones in a career that began almost ten years ago. In 2012 he won a research grant from the Government of Spain with which he joined the HowLab group at the University of Zaragoza. In that entry into the professional world,
The Minimum Viable Product or MVP consists of creating a product with enough features to attract customers and validate it in the early stages of the development cycle. In this article we explain what MVP is, its benefits and how to carry it out. What is a minimum viable product? A minimum viable product, or
A product reaches the market because it has gone through a previous design process that has made it what it is and not something else. In other words, if I, as a consumer, receive a bottle of flavored water that has a certain shape, size or aroma, it is because that research has made it
The performance of the products being marketed must be tested during the prototyping phase to avoid possible future failures. In this sense, if a car brand announces the sale of a new type of steering wheel, before bringing it to the market it will be necessary to check that there will be no short- and
Macro-environment factors can influence each company’s competitive advantage, overall profitability levels and new product launches. A PESTEL analysis will help us to identify these variables. In this article we explain what it is and how to perform a PESTEL analysis. What is a PESTEL analysis? It consists of an analytical strategy that studies all the
