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Leveraging over a century of combined experience in dental product development and holding more than 50 global patents, VistaApex Solutions can transform your product concept into reality.
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Product Development: From Ideation to Realization
See below for our general path of how we take your product concept through the stages of development, into reality.
1. Idea Submitted to VistaApex
2. Project Feasibility & Initial Discussions
- Non-disclosure agreement execution
- Kickoff call with R&D and executive team to discuss project
- Go/no-go decision
3. Project Market Evaluation
- High level scoping stage with all departments (Clinical, Marketing, QA/RA, Engineering, Sales, Operations) for project alignment
- Initial evaluation of market landscape, competition, and market potential
4. Project Initiation
- Establishment of design requirements
- Project planning / timeline
- Detailed market analysis, voice of the customer, anticipated project costs and investments
5. Project Realization
- Prototype creation, testing/evaluation, product improvements and iterations
- Define regulatory strategy
- Define intellectual property strategy
- Design reviews
6. Project Verification & Validation
- Complete all product verification and validation testing
- Expanded clinical feedback and evaluation
- Completion of regulatory documentation
- Manufacturing validation and equipment qualification
- Development of commercialization strategy
- Supplier qualification and approval
- Design freeze
7. Transfer to Production
- Transfer of product to production team
- Supply chain management and inventory stocking
- Deploying of commercialization strategy