People + Process + Technology = Success
As technology rapidly evolves and the landscape becomes increasingly competitive, it’s more important than ever to have a product delivery advisor on your side.
Whether you’re creating a new application or adding features to an existing product line, we can help you implement Best Practices to solve your toughest product delivery challenges.
Our experience has shown that after collaborative GAP Analysis, the solution(s) yield distinct product delivery enhancements which can be individually implemented – successfully. Our bottom line goals are to help your team shrink time-to-market, reduce costs and improve customer satisfaction with your products.
Top Questions
- Will I be on time?
- Will I be on budget?
- Will the application function as designed?
- Will our device provide an intuitive user interface?
- Will I have happy customers for increased market share?
Client’s Who’ve Benefited
- Medtronic
- Baxter Health Care
- Obalon Therapeutics
- FMC
- Zimmer-Biomet
- Hospira
What We Do
We Help You
| Reduce Time to Market | Improve Forecast Accuracy |
| Minimize Rework & Cut Project Costs | Increase Profits by Reducing Technical Support Calls |
| Improve Product Quality & Reliability | Enjoy Software Delivery Improvements – First 90 Days |
| Increase Team Productivity & Project Velocity | Improve Customer Satisfaction with Your Products |
How We Do It
Advantu’s Process Improvement Methodology draws upon the highly successful techniques of the Ishikawa Diagram and 5-Why’s to determine cause and effect relationships.
Advantu concentrates on the following major Process Improvement Categories:
- People
- Measurement
- Environment
- Methods
The initial identification of possible Targeted Improvements is identified through Advantu and Client collaboration efforts.
- Internal and External Audit Findings
- Review of Open and Closed CAPAs
- Past Lessons Learned
- Development, Manufacturing and Quality Team observations
The identified Causes from the above process are then decomposed into likely “Contributors”.
The “5-Whys” technique is then applied to the likely Contributors to identify the most beneficial improvement solutions.
The following is an example of Advantu’s “Cafeteria Plan” for Targeted Results Driven Process Improvement.
Cafeteria Plan
| Problem | Contributor | Solution |
| Missed User Needs “counter-intuitive user interface” | Ineffective Human Factors Studies
Voice of the Customer Improvement | Request White Paper |
| Product Quality & Reliability Issues
“not-quite-perfect-functionality” | Poor Risk Management | Request White Paper |
| Performance Bottlenecks
“the never-satisfied customer” | Inadequate Performance Planning | Request White Paper |
| Time to Market Delay
“perpetual replanning” | Ineffective Resource Allocation
Scope Creep Issue Correction – Induced Errors Missing/Late Design Control Deliverables | Request White Paper |
WHY WAIT
If you’re experiencing these software development and product delivery issues, then we know you’re under a lot of stress.
Here’s the good news – we’ve been helping teams address and systematically resolve these issues for decades. Free them from putting out fires & working long weekends – and focus on building new products your customers will love.
Reach out today and request a Free Consultation. There’s a really good chance we’ve seen your issues before and we might surprise you with our (easier-than-you-think) solutions.
