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By Alan Richardson: Thursday 28th March, 2013

Another great reason for a career in product development

In one of our previous blogs, we wrote about 8 reasons for a career in product development. And last week, we added another when Cambridge Consultants was awarded the prestigious title of Employer of the Year by Cambridge News. The feedback we get from staff is that Cambridge Consultants is an outstanding place to work. ...

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By Patrick Pordage: Friday 15th March, 2013

Product development: luxury or necessity?

In a recent interview with the Cambridge News, our CEO Alan Richardson commented on the fact that Cambridge Consultants is set to double the size of the business over the next few years and outlined his strategy for growth.  Naturally, central to this is our ability to offer exciting careers to top-flight engineers; with 30 ...

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By Patrick Pordage: Wednesday 13th March, 2013

Will India drive the pharma industry’s next generation product development?

A team of us have just got back from a whistle stop trip to Mumbai where we held a fascinating workshop with the country’s top pharma companies to identify the challenges ahead for this booming business sector within India. Many think of India’s pharmaceutical industry as synonymous with low cost generic drugs – the type ...

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By Patrick Pordage: Tuesday 26th February, 2013

When not to drop your product development… or the free canteen

Every so often, Cambridge Consultants comes up with a development of its own.   In the main, it’s a way of showing that innovative product development and the clever use of technology flows through our veins, and in part it’s a great way to get people talking about the art of the possible. Our latest concept, ...

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By Alan Richardson: Thursday 31st January, 2013

Platform for your Ambition in Innovative Product development

Cambridge Consultants work with many leading brands to develop products that change the game. World leading products are taken from concept, through proof of concept, followed by prototyping and on to full manufactured products in our innovative product development cycle. Our engineering, life sciences, electronics and wireless labs provide a rich working environment to support ...

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By Patrick Pordage: Friday 7th December, 2012

Demonstrating the value of Innovative Product Development

“if you’re not growing by more than your industry benchmark, then you are not innovating enough”

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By Patrick Pordage: Monday 5th November, 2012

An innovative career in product development

The last couple of weeks have seen a flurry of activity around engineering jobs and the need for companies to be able to recruit more top flight engineers.  If you read my last blog on this subject a career in engineering, you’ll already know there are lots of great reasons to have a career in ...

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By Alan Richardson: Sunday 14th October, 2012

Decision Making in Innovative Product Development

There are many chllenges in Innovative Product Development. To be successful involves a multidisciplinary collaboration involving marketing, engineering, sales, manufacturing and quality. For a product to be successful, it has to be the right product at the right price that fits with the brand positioning of the organisation.  The discussions that define what product is ...

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By Patrick Pordage: Friday 3rd August, 2012

Insights into innovation: why does ‘recycling’ mean more than coloured bins to product developers?

Innovative product development doesn’t always mean coming up with a completely new idea.  In fact, after a decade of seeing the results of product development in action, I’m convinced that some of the best ideas are ones that are recycled. So in the same way that unwanted CDs and the like can get reinvented into ...

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By Patrick Pordage: Friday 15th June, 2012

Technology is for geeks; innovation for dreamers

I used to love my old Nokia 6300. And let’s face it so did many of us; it was a product that sold in serious volume. So I couldn’t help feel a little sad when I read the BBC headline that the company was about to shed another 10,000 jobs. Not for the first time, …