Accelerating product development by upto 30% with Unifize
In this video, Wilson discusses the transformative impact of adopting Unifize on their product development process. Previously, their development cycle ranged from 18 to 24 months, a duration they attributed to thorough product development and quality assurance. However, since implementing Unifize, Wilson notes a significant acceleration, estimating a 30% increase in speed from ideation to pre-commercialization stages. He anticipates further efficiencies and a potential reduction in cycle time by up to 40% as Unifize becomes more integrated into their systems, highlighting the solution's capacity to enhance productivity and expedite market readiness.
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00:00 - 00:09
The fastest we've ever been able to go through the process has been 18 months to two years And that's partly a function of how the amount of care we put into developing products.



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We try to make sure all of our X's and O's are completed before we release it.



00:13 - 00:26
So it's a long cycle time for creating new products and get into the marketplace. An 18 month to 24 month development time was the norm before we started using Unifize. We haven't yet launched a product since we've adopted Unifize.



00:26 - 00:42
But the speed in which we've moved from initial ideation to initial pre commercialization is a lot faster. I'd say about 30% faster now. And and that's because, you know, we're still in the process of rolling out the system to all the other different parts of our quality management system.



00:42 - 00:52
As a system becomes more mature, we expect more efficiencies to be put into place. And we think that we can hopefully cut that cycle time in by 40% or so.

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But what we've known from what I experience was, is we were able to get there with the system. We still there with the system. The system has what is needed to provide us what we're looking for, because every company, admittedly, is trying to get compliant. If we educate people, if we get people the education that they need and to get over the fear factor, I think 90% of those things can be resolved because most people will go to what they're most familiar with.What I worked with from a different company, but they're not willing to sit down and look at what the demographics are saying. People are into social media now. People are moving fast into fast paced world. But technologies are still antiquated. So there's a disconnect here, right? So while we're moving at a fast pace at home with dragging at work, so why can't we continue that speed while we at work?If your supplier has issues and you're not informed on time, you want to have an alternate supplier in place. If your suppliers are not qualified, you may not know that that needs to happen. And so when you have an integrated system that speaks to itself and is giving you all this data, you literally have the pulse of the organization in your hands as an executive at a money bound access.

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