Developing new products in far-away countries is a model that’s here to stay, and it will become a preferred method for new product development in many organizations. But most organizations today are still using the co-located development approach.

We’ve traveled around the world working with companies to solve the challenges of developing new products where the development team is scattered over multiple sites. We’ve helped companies develop both software and hardware at sites in China, Japan, Mexico, and Western and Eastern Europe.

How we help you

Product development consulting is all we do, and we’ve circled the globe helping companies like yours.Rapidinnovation’s consultant team is multi-ethnic, with on-the-ground experience in numerous foreign countries. Our experience combined with your vision enables us to quickly identify and overcome the real obstacles to your success.

We can adapt your NPD (New Product Development) process to account for the challenges of a multi-site environment. We can use “Cultural Mapping” methods to help your team understand the barriers of language and culture in a real-world business environment, enabling your distant sites to be more efficient, not to mention reducing the aggravation of poor communication. We can also adapt your overall project management approach to address the challenges of a foreign site where the values of timeliness, commitment and clarity of communication can all be different.

When we’re done, we’ll have helped your team—and, more importantly, improved your process and methods for the long term. Multi-site development will no longer simply be an extension of the old co-located approach. Your product development process will be global from the start, ensuring that differences in culture, language and distance are used to improve innovation and not interfere with your competitiveness.

It all starts with a consultation directly with one of our Senior Experts during which we identify and prioritize your challenge -- risk free, no charge.