Designing a hardware product is an essential first step when bringing a product to life, but the design is only the first step. Creators still need to figure out how to get all of the parts and pieces manufactured and ready to ship, potential logistical nightmares. Today we are introducing a new tool that makes this process more straightforward than ever before.
What Is the Biggest Problem People Run Into?
Jaycon designed and built thousands of products for all kinds of industries. Our portfolio ranges from remote heart monitors to showerheads to augmented reality goggles. But, despite encountering so many different kinds of products entrepreneurs were working on, there was always a single common problem.
There is a barrier for people working on these products: Entrepreneurs and small businesses do not have the tools to structure and organize the output (such as files, documents, bills of materials, etc.) of their product development process. Most try to learn from their mistakes in their first few production runs, an expensive proposition. The early stages of manufacturing are chaotic and challenging to keep track of. We recommend a new platform that breaks through this barrier: Product Hubb!
Forgetting Files: A Thing Of The Past
It is easy to forget physical storage, place the wrong file in the wrong folder, or produce the wrong version. Errors like these can cost companies thousands of dollars of rework and weeks of delay, all avoidable penalties.
This often happens in the early stages of a company. But there is a solution that can save time and money. Teams no longer need to manage their files in random folders and manage their costs using Excel sheets. Although spreadsheet software has value, it cannot read and display exported 3D STEP/STL files, nor can it display constantly-updating tiered pricing within the same cell. With Product Hubb, these features exist on an online platform accessible from any device.
Insights: What Can Product Hubb Tell You?
Product Hubb provides insights on data essential to structuring a manufacturing project. It lets creators know how many products can be built, how long it will take to get all the needed parts, which specific pieces are running out, and how long inventory will last. Building a project with Product Hubb empowers creators to stay in tune with production and relevant market trends.
How does it work?
Product Hubb can do a lot. It allows creators to organize and monitor the mechanical and electronic sub-assemblies, things like plastic shells, batteries, and circuit boards. Users can input details manually or upload pre-existing files to structure and price elements of a project. With a Product Hubb account, creators can keep track of inventory for different products and product lines as components are assembled. Product Hubb also lets users create detailed assembly instructions for contract manufacturers. The platform even helps sort packaging and accessories, the final touches on a finished product. Entrepreneurs can calculate tiered pricing based on order size at any point in their production process. Product Hubb assembles all of these features on a single, easy-to-understand dashboard.
Always Adding New Features
The service has many new features coming online in the next few months, including 3D viewers, Gerber Viewers, and many other industry standard tools for manufacturing hardware products. Product Hubb was created with entrepreneurs and small businesses in mind and the tools they need when developing a new product. The platform provides a complete and painless solution to manufacturing.
Can Others Compete?
Product Life Cycle Management (PLM) programs or Bill of Materials (BOM) managers are software packages to manage a product from design to production to sale. But none of them are geared to the person just starting. Most PLM software claims they offer solutions for products at the design and manufacturing stage. But few get the job done, and it’s never cheap. They market to the big companies with multiple extensive product lines and are often expensive, climbing in excess of $40,000 per year. They are often clunky, and require months of training to fully take advantage of all their features. Product Hubb offers an alternative, one where anyone can develop and make a product at a fraction of the cost.
Put Your Best Foot Forward
As a Contract Manufacturer (CM) for many of the products we design, Jaycon works hard to truly understand our clients’ projects. Jaycon often handles every part of a project, estimating lead time and pricing, leveraging relationships with component vendors, and building the actual product. Over time, we’ve learned that how customers present their product often tells the CM how serious they are about bringing their product to market.
Most of the CMs Jaycon Systems has done business with want to work with an organized team on stable, long-term projects with creators who start early. Suppose a manufacturer had to pick their next client. One is organized and comes with a history of work and a plan for the future. The other is a mess of files and last-minute requests. Which one will they prioritize? Product Hubb provides enterprise-level manufacturing software for new and independent creators. Small to midsize businesses can organize themselves instead of paying a premium for someone else to do it.
Those just getting started designing and building a product should look into a PLM tool like Product Hubb. This is a brand new platform constantly making improvements. Currently, it is only available in partnership with Jaycon, but it will be available on its own later in the year. If you are interested in giving it a try and getting a free one-year membership, you can sign up as an early bird with your email, and we will reach out to add you to our beta testing. Your product may be the perfect fit.
Originally published at https://jayconsystems.com on May 3, 2022.
