Our Product Design & Development Blog

5 Reasons Your Physical Product Development Is Stuck And How To Get It Unstuck

Over the past 18 years since the founding of Inertia, we’ve had a lot of opportunity to speak with both prospective...

How to Evaluate a Potential Product Manufacturer

Selecting a vendor to produce your new product is a high-stakes decision. We've developed an essential checklist to...

How To Find the Best Contract Manufacturer for Your Product

Tips for finding the best contract manufacturer for your product and making a good first impression....

Right-Shoring: Balancing the Best of Manufacturing and Supply Chains

How right-shoring can make your manufacturing and supply chain more resilient and profitable, combining the best of...

9 Pitfalls Startups Should Avoid When Selecting Contract Manufacturing Companies

Many smart startups choose to use contract manufacturers but selecting the right one can make the difference between a...

Why the New Product Development Process Should Matter to Private Equity Investors

Why new product development (NPD) process and innovation culture are among key factors that private equity investors...

The True Cost of Going Slow To Market

It’s commonly understood that in the world of product design & development, speed-to-market matters, a...

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at Inertia

Inertia is committed to building a diverse team and providing a safe and inclusive...

Insights From the World of Innovation, Product Design & Manufacturing

For start-ups developing hardware and IoT products – the challenges they face are very...

21 Questions to Ask When Hiring a Product Development Agency

Choosing a product development (PD) agency to help bring your product to market is a high stakes...

Spärkel Makes A Big Splash With Their Crowdfunding Campaign

Congratulations to the team at Spärkel on their successful launch on...

We’re Proud to Support “Introduce a Girl To Engineering Day”!

Okay, so technically “Introduce a Girl To Engineering Day” was last week according to the folks at National...

Revolutionary D-Box to Help Millions Breathe

Did you know that in developing countries ventilators that help patients breathe are too expensive and in short...

Product Development Strategy for Successful Product Launches

Product development strategy can help you through the entire creation and manufacturing...

Has Going Agile With Our Hardware Development Actually Made Us More Agile?

In February of 2019, we ran an experiment to see if we could innovate the way we approached product development at...

The Risks Of Using Offshore Contract Manufacturing

For many companies in North America, overseas manufacturing has become increasingly attractive, and in some cases...

Crafting My Value Proposition Uncovering What Our Customers Really Want

A couple of weeks ago, I published the first of a 3 part post about the start of my adventures in repositioning my...

Choosing an Engineering Manufacturing Company for Your Product

Entrepreneurs and inventors have active imaginations. Since they see things in different ways from other people, they...

How New Product Development Companies Bring Your Idea To Market

As an innovator, it is important to align yourself with the best professionals for bringing your ideas to...

Design Engineering – Formulating Unique Ideas to Tough Problems

In today’s world, technological advances continue to be made in numerous industries. From consumer products to...

Challenges Of Product Innovation

In today’s world, people have more products from which to choose than ever before. Rapid advances in technology,...

Product Cost Estimation Guide

For hardware startups, accurately estimating the cost to manufacture a product and get it to market is...

The Benefits of a Local Supply Chain

The profitability and outward appear of your company can largely be dependent on the efficiency of your supply...

The Three Phases Of Product Prototyping

The manufacturing industry in North America expects to enjoy a global dominance through 2020 according to a study by...

Employee Spotlight

If you’re considering working with us, we’d like you to get to know some of our team members a little...