Custom Product Development Process

The process is straightforward and rather simple in the early stages. Contact us with your requirements and we will work with you, and ask questions until we know exactly what you need and want out of your system. We will also discuss pricing and annual production volume requirements so we are all sure there is a good business/market fit for the solution. Most often our customers will want a feasibility prototype quickly to work out controls, integration, or other issues such as gaining familiarity with the system or making a determination on the suitability of the technology to the product they are developing. Depending on requirements, we can often accommodate this in a short time frame.

Following the initial feasibility analysis and prototyping stage, our Engineering Design and Development process is well defined and consistent with the ISO 9001 standard to ensure a resulting high-quality, reliable product. We follow a stage gate process that starts with a well-defined and customer-approved product specification defining all requirements. This is followed by preliminary design efforts culminating with the PDR and a final design effort with CDR. A design intent prototype is built and put through detailed design verification testing by Aspen followed by validation testing by the customer in their application. Once the customer is satisfied with the product, Aspen will assemble the final product documentation and go through the Engineering Release to production. All engineering review meetings are attended by representatives from engineering, purchasing, quality, manufacturing, and management.