Curt Deckert Associates, Inc. (CDA) is an organization that includes qualified and innovative R&D management consultants specialized in optics, light and imaging technologies. CDA augments your existing R&D resources, or serves as an interim R&D department. We take on projects from market research and product specification through completion of prototypes, selecting strategic partners, and planning for manufacturing.    CDA is involved with development of optical technology which may involve organizations, strategic partners, subsystems of a large project, or entire the project. Our Competitive R&D management consulting services include: strategies for new product development, feasibility studies, proof of concept models, new product prototypes, technology commercialization, and strategies for production.Please check out our range of services.    CDA has unique management expertise and specialized technical resources based on a wide range of experience. Check out the qualifications of Curt Deckert and our Associates. CDA has served more than 120 companies since 1976. We have worked closely with a variety of clients and our client feedback is excellent.    CDA is located in the heart of Orange County, California, but we have served clients worldwide. We are known for our cost-effective Competitive R&D Consulting and our creative design concepts.

Why CDA?

   Now it is not enough to have a super idea. Technology strategies differ depending on how you view current and future international market dynamics. When you spend your R&D dollars to develop new products and technologies that customers want, you also need to think about how you can compete internationally.    Backed by over 40 years of research and development experience CDA has a good understanding of the industries evolving optical and related technologies, Growth often requires new products, processes, and services. Our purpose is to help you with innovation, strategy, and technology to develop competitive products. We are prepared to help you accomplish your difficult and demanding technology goals with confidentiality and, of course, we stand behind our work.

CDA Competitive R&D Management Consulting

   CDA offers strategic management consulting, technology management, and R&D intelligence services. We work closely with your scientists and engineers to help develop new products, strategic partnerships, and markets. Our programs are tailored to meet your specific needs. New innovations, technologies and products must create value. How do you decide which project is most likely to succeed, and the appropriate technologies? The process of deciding on R&D strategies and projects can benefit from our objective and competitive consulting.

Working with CDA

   CDA usually works on a value-based phased project basis to serve your needs as quickly and as effectively as possible. We work closely with your staff since they have important ideas and know your firm's technical and manufacturing capabilities.    CDA identifies product processes and business concepts and then helps to develop and commercialize new concepts to gain competitive advantage. Our competitive R&D can enable you to leapfrog competition, accelerate new project development, reduce R&D risk, and reduce product obsolescence by finding new applications.    CDA will perform a preliminary analysis of your R&D problems to propose an approach to solving them during the conceptual design or prototype stages before a client tools up for manufacturing, Here we may point out problems with respect to manufacturability, cost, or marketability. Our objective studies have detected product or market deficiencies, thereby saving clients considerable unnecessary expense.


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