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TechHelp New Product Development at Boise State
The TechHelp New Product Development Team at Boise State stands ready to help Idaho inventors, entrepreneurs and manufacturers with their product design and prototyping needs.
From left: Jordan Lanning, Steve Hatten, Travis Dean, Scott Winston, Blaise Lawless, Blake Young and Matt Howell.
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With a diverse team of professionals including University PhD's, industry experts, engineers and Boise State Engineering student employees, TechHelp’s NPD team brings vibrant energy and creative new ideas to your project. Our specialists are particularly experienced in new product design and re-engineering existing products. Up to 70% of a product's costs are established in the design phase. A strategic change in materials or simplification of components can result in major cost savings that could mean the difference between market success and failure.
Our New Product Development operation at the College of Engineering at Boise State University gives us close proximity to a variety of engineering resources, such as CAD software, rapid prototyping machines, a CNC milling machine, test equipment and the vast experience of the university professors. We invite our clients to work with us, literally side-by-side, as a team to meet their unique product development needs.
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“The successful development of the z-Start clutch is a testament to the value and quality of TechHelp’s services. I can honestly say that without TechHelp, Rekluse Motor Sports and the z-Start clutch would not exist today.”
Al Youngwerth,
President, Rekluse Motor Sports
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 Among Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) Centers nationwide, TechHelp is one of only two centers that offer a full suite of New Product Development (NPD) services. Since 2002, TechHelp NPD has helped some of Idaho's top innovators develop new product ideas.
NPD isn't just about new ideas - sometimes older producs can given new life. Because product life cycles are typically two to five years, you need to constantly rethink and reinvent your products, your company and yourself.
What's your next big product or service offering? Maybe it is a new model, or a new feature, or a new product line, or how to reduce the cost of the first product. Visit TechHelp and work with us to take your idea to reality.
New Product Development Lab Project Areas
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Product Planning
- Market Analysis
- Technology Assessment
- Quality Function Deployment
- Benchmarking
- Industry Standards
- Stage Gate
Product Design
- Material Selection
- Design for Manufacturability
- Design for Assembly
- Failure Mode and Effect Analysis
- Product Redesign
- Taguchi Methodology
- Product Usability
- Cost Estimation
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Prototyping & Product Testing
- Prototype Development for fit, function,
trade show or proof of concept
- Rapid Prototyping
- Capstone Design Program
Other Projects
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Why TechHelp NPD?
- Our diverse team of professionals has a wide range of experience.
- We invite our clients to work with us, literally, side by side and work as a team to meet each client's unique needs.
- We can draw upon the expertise of our immediate six person team as well as resources from three Idaho universities and our extended Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) resources.
TechHelp can help your company on all stages of the product development process, from product planning to marketing. We can help you on site with a team of TechHelp, university and company engineers. Alternatively, you can participate in our workshops on "best practices" or participate in a Capstone Design program through one of our Idaho university partners.
(Click for a list of NPD clients)
For more information, contact NPD Managers, Steve Hatten at 208-863-4258 or shatten@boisestate.edu or Blake Young at 208-426-2185 or blakeyoung@boisestate.edu .
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