Risk Management in New Product Development

New product introduction is always one of the riskiest bets any company makes.  If we look at the risk management factors for new product development we can generally classify them as: Cost Management Supplier and Materials Management Schedule and Requirements Management Compliance Management Companies only have a general view of risk when talking about new […]

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Engineers Without Borders

Northern Lights Solutions believes in supporting organizations that help people.  As a company full of engineers, volunteering with an organization like Engineers Without Borders was an easy choice for our team.  We are looking forward to working with this group and doing our part to make the world a better place. The Engineers Without Borders Organization […]

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Seven Years and Still Going Strong!

On November 1st, we recognized our seventh year anniversary by celebrating our business accomplishments. In today’s tough business climate, only 44% of businesses survive the first five years (according to the U.S. Small Business Administration). With that fact in mind, it makes us feel even more fortunate to be celebrating our 7th year in business. We want to […]

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NLS to Attend the Research Computing Users Workshop and Forum

Northern Lights Solutions will be attending the Research Computing Users Workshop and Forum at the University of South Florida on October 19th in the Advanced Visualization Center. Research Computing refers to the advanced computing resources, software, hardware, and personnel, that are required by researchers from any discipline. In the past, this was often referred to as […]

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Working Alongside Balance Inc.

NLS is ecstatic to announce that we will be collaborating with Balance Inc. on a new project. From concept to commercialization, Balance has a range of capabilities with the sole purpose of supporting its clients’ needs. To be aligned with such a respectable company gives NLS great pleasure. We admire Balance’s ideals and exploratory can-do attitude. We can only hope that we […]

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The Importance of the Prototype

For a design engineer, one of the greatest rewards of the job is to take an idea from concept and create a functioning end-product. It’s so rewarding because the path to get there is typically long with sometimes unforeseen obstacles along the way. One method to ease the process is building a prototype. On the […]

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Lean Tools in Action

NLS recently completed a project for Epicenter Development Group, in which  our objective was to point out the inefficiencies occurring at a chemical factory. The purpose of the study was to increase company awareness, and by doing so, give the company the opportunity to optimize its operation and the organization as a whole.  In order to accomplish this, we conducted a series of downtime […]

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CAD Optimization Tools

For engineers, the success of a project may be determined through several factors. Each one needs to be weighed and balanced for the particular application. For example, the design of a given component must take into account the manufacturing cost, complexity, function, and environmental impact of the part. Naturally, an engineer’s expertise can assist in […]

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By Light Selects NLS

NLS gladly answered the call of duty when By Light Professional IT Services approached us for help. We have been tasked with developing new communications equipment. Our experienced team use the latest in numerical methods to determine the effects of loads on physical components. We then use these results to optimize the design of these components and reduce time-consuming and expensive physical testing. About By Light […]

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Manufacturing Engineering for the New Toyota Camry

NLS has a long history of developing plastic parts, molds, and test fixtures. Because of this, we have been commissioned by Venture Plastics to provide manufacturing engineering services to design and develop check fixtures for its new Toyota Camry injection molding program. Confirming plastic part quality is all about understanding the functional requirements for the parts. In addition, […]

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