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Manufacturing & Engineering
Better products. Better returns.

I help manufacturing and engineering firms in physical products sectors improve their Product Management, from new product development through to product retirement. This cuts time-to-launch and recalls, and gives greater commercial success from each product throughout their lifecycle.

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Flexible support to suit your needs, from a one-off project, or one day per month, up to full interim support.

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Are your products and services underperforming?

  • Launch dates regularly delayed?

  • Final designs never finished?

  • Staff and customers struggle to understand product benefits?

  • Product sales and profit figures disappointing?

  • Teams bogged down with complaints?

  • Supply issues?

  • Departments reluctant to sign-off?

  • Staff not owning the product during its life?

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If any of these ring true, urgently get in touch.

Product

Management

  • ​Portfolio review

  • Product Roadmaps

  • New Product Development

  • Launch strategy

  • New Markets

  • Market & risk analysis

  • Lifecycle management

Quality Management

  • ISO 9001 setup

  • Regulatory compliance

  • CE/UKCA marking

  • Internal audits

  • Management reviews

  • Customer feedback

Commercial Support​

  • Pricing & positioning

  • Sales enablement

  • Distributor structuring

  • Bid & tender support

  • O & M documentation

  • Sales Team presentations

Interim
& Advisory

  • Product Management

  • Launch management

  • Documentation drafting

  • Chairing product reviews

  • Facilitation & Mediation

  • Independent witness

Why work with Lantern Davis Limited?


A lifetime in Engineering. Practical results.

 

I've worked in engineering and manufacturing since the mid 1980s, my early positions being engineering design, development and testing roles in petrochemical and automotive industries. I then moved into the architectural industry, where I ran development for a hardware business and national product management for 

a German multinational. I then set up a skunkworks within a building controls business, researching and developing a cutting edge window automation product.

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I've sat on multiple industry committees including the Chartered Institute of Building Services Engineers (CIBSE) and have helping author published standards and peer-reviewed research papers.

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My credentials:

  • BEng, Coventry University

  • PGDip Business Administration, Warwick Business School, Warwick University

  • PRINCE2 project management

  • Product Management (IPM)

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You'll work with me directly.

 

Recent successes:

  • Market assessment for UK investor of European product range for UK market suitability

  • Won Wales national framework bid for a small contractor

  • ISO 9001 Quality Management Systems audits for an Essex-based manufacturer

  • Gap analysis for an Oxfordshire contractor of 200+ staff, helping expand their access to tenders.

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You'll work with me directly.

 

Engagements can range from a focused one-off project to regular monthly support or temporary interim cover, depending on what the problem requires.​​

 

If you would like to discuss a problem or project, the initial conversation is without charge or obligation.

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info@lanterndavis.co.uk

or phone 0121 318 2125

 

 

Whether you make components, systems or finished products, if your Product Management could do better, let's talk.

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