Design and technology are most powerful when they work together from the very beginning. By integrating technical ideas, constructive solutions and engineering expertise already in the early concept phase, we create products that deliver real value: intuitive to use, efficient to develop and economical to produce. From the first idea to successful market launch, we support you throughout the entire development process.
of life-cycle cost is committed in concept and design.
60%
scrap reduction through manufacturing readiness.
74%
reduced assembly time through Design-for-Manufacturing programs.
We move design from concept to production through advanced material and manufacturing expertise.
We support you throughout the entire development process, all the way to a successful market launch. In doing so, we demonstrably reduce production and assembly costs, create space for patentable ideas and advise our clients with an interdisciplinary view of product, technology, users and market.
Our engineering process
Throughout the design process, we support product development from the very beginning through Early-Stage Development. Together with our clients, we generate ideas, gain insights, and create solutions, ensuring a close and efficient development process.
During the Engineering & Optimization phase, we guide the product toward manufacturing readiness. This enables us to deliver solutions that are tailored to the client’s production capabilities while meeting the targeted cost objectives.
As a turnkey development partner, we support our clients throughout the Realization & Prototyping phase and the production ramp-up, until they have a market-ready product in their hands.
From a simple foam model for a rough initial shape assessment to a sophisticated high-end version, we do it all.
Early-stage Development
For validating ideas, reducing risk, and defining the path forward.
Innovation Engineering
Turning early opportunities, technologies, and product ideas into feasible innovation concepts, and moving from vague potential to concrete product directions.
Capabilities:
- Innovation workshops
- Technology exploration
- Concept development
Pre-Engineering
Building and validating concepts before detailed development begins.
Capabilities:
- Feasibility checks
- Product architecture
- Component logic
- Culture oriented development
Ergonomics
With over 70 years of experience, including foundational work on the world’s first ergonomics studies for Bosch, we engineer products around real human use. Ergonomics helps ensure that products are intuitive, comfortable, safe, and efficient.
Capabilities:
- Ergonomic studies
- Posture & Handling analysis
- Assistive Technologies
- Usability-driven design approach
Engineering & Optimization
Turning concepts into precise, feasible and cost-aware product solutions.
Surfacing
Translating design intent into precise, high-quality CAD surfaces, ensuring that both aesthetic and technical requirements are met.
Capabilities:
- A-Class Surfacing
- Subdivision modeling
- logaithmisches modeling
- 3D-CAD native in:
Creo Parametric / SIEMENS NX / Catia V.5 / SolidWorks
Design-to-Cost Process
Optimizing products toward target costs by balancing design quality, usability, and technical performance — achieving a higher-value product at the same cost.
Capabilities:
- Cost driver analysis
- Platform thinking
- Value engineering strategy
Material Comparison by Cost and Density
Mechanical Engineering
We develop the mechanical engineering behind successful products—transforming ideas into reliable, fully functional mechanisms, assemblies, and components built for real-world use.
Capabilities:
- Production ready development
- Light conduction
- Assembly logic
- Production Concept
Realization & Prototyping
Building, testing, and refining prototypes, preparing the handover to suppliers,
and supporting the transition toward production.
Prototyping
Making ideas tangible at the right level of fidelity, from quick foam models to functional prototypes and high-quality presentation models.
Capabilities:
- Pre Modelling
- Looks-like prototypes
- Works-like prototypes
Ramp-up Management
Managing the transition from development to production, ensuring quality at every stage.
Capabilities:
- Quality control and documentation
- Supplier alignment
- Design handover
- Supplier specification
- Technical documentation
Use our network to enhance your project.
Companies today face growing pressure to innovate faster while improving product profitability. TEAMS helps unlock hidden value by combining engineering, design, and strategic expertise to identify opportunities beyond conventional product development.
Through our global capabilities and a growing network of specialized partners — including exclusive access to Kearney’s PERLab — we help organizations optimize products, reduce complexity, lower costs, and create
Our Experience
A new generation of firefighting equipment:
Dräger HPS® Safeguard
Product Design, Ergonomic Optimizations, 3D CAD freeform Surface Engineering of the helmet shell, 3D CAD Engineering of accessories.
Light emission is communication:
Dräger REGARD® 3000
Development of the light guide hardware, ray calculation, distinct signaling patterns for status indication.
Decades of realization:
Bosch
Product design, ergonomic optimizations, 3D CAD freeform surface engineering.
Bringing new concepts to life:
Dometic RMD 10
Innovative design and pre-development concepts for a double-hinged fridge door.
Perfect the user experience:
STILL forklift joysticks
Realization of entire products or product systems including pre-development, 3D CAD freeform surface engineering, ergonomic studies, feasibility of the design and high-fidelity prototyping.
ETSO certified and ready for take off:
Autoflug FLYWEIGHT®
Implementation of a contemporary design language, 3D CAD freeform surface engineering, lightweight, shockproof, for civil helicopter seats and a modular design system with various upholstery options and additional accessories.
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"For me, design and technology belong together from the very beginning. That’s how we create products people truly enjoy using, that can be manufactured efficiently, and succeed in the market."
Felix Nils Grossklaus,
Head of Design Realization
"Design and engineering are a close collaborative pair. Design defines the product’s look, user experience and creative direction, while engineering turns ideas into practical, manufacturable products."
Ivy Chen
Engineering Designer
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