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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.

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

 

Our first meeting is free and without obligation.

 

info@lanterndavis.co.uk

or phone 0121 318 2125

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?


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.

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.

My credentials:

  • BEng, Coventry University

  • PGDip Business Administration, Warwick Business School, Warwick University

  • PRINCE2 project management

  • Product Management (IPM)

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.

 

Give me a call, there's no obligation and I'd be glad to hear from you.
I know your time is precious, and your business success is paramount.

 

We'll discuss how you can best achieve your ambitions for your products and services.

 

Naturally, our first meeting is free!

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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