Supporting Product Development SMEs (small & medium sized enterprises), in risk mitigation, future proofing and resilience building
Do you have a business that is developing and taking to market, innovative, quality products that solve an important problem or serve a genuine need? We can help you navigate that exciting journey and mitigate any bumps along the way.
From meeting global product compliance requirements, understanding product safety risks, improving your internal product development processes, and working on your transition towards a more sustainable business model or product portfolio, Regenerative Business Development exists to help you innovate your way forward.
As an SME that is developing great products, you will have accumulated a lot of knowledge over time. Not just about your final product offering, but everything you have learned along the way. As a growing business, you want to channel everything you have learned into improving the way that you go about developing new products, improving existing products and entering new markets.
As you expand into new markets, increase the range of product offerings you have or greatly upscale the number of products you sell, your risk profile as a product development business increases. This is due to things such as new regulations, differing customer expectations, differing levels of litigation risk, increased risks of product misuse, heightened attention from authorities and more aggressive competitor behaviour. By helping you assess your current and future risk profile, together we can ensure your internal processes are aligned and appropriate for your anticipated level of risk, and can help you continue to move from strength to strength. Common risks to a growing product development business include:
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What you can expect
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Regenerative Business Development works with you to build the necessary competency within your business, enabling you to:
Regenerative Business Development can tailor mentoring, coaching, workshops, training, support and resources to help you improve your business through reducing the risks associated with product development, taking your product to market and ongoing product changes. We can help you assess your risk, identify gaps and opportunities and customise processes, strategy and activities to suit your specific needs. This is done with the objective of adding tangible value to your business. A product can always be copied, but what is happening behind the scenes is what sets you apart. How you develop products and get them to market is where your competitive edge can be found Regenerative Business Development views the companies it works with as partners, and can be seen as an extension of your team, as committed to the success of your business as you are! |
Who we work with
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Regenerative Business Development supports a range of innovative, future focused, small to medium sized product development enterprises.
If you are interested in understanding what support we could offer your business, get in touch with us to arrange an initial 30-minute online conversation or request information about some of our "getting ahead" programs to get you started. |
Introducing your Supporting Partner
Fiona van Petegem BE(Hons) MBA, has spend 25+ years working in manufacturing and product development in New Zealand, China, the Netherlands and Germany both as a design and industrialisation engineer. Fiona obtained her B.E (Hons) in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Canterbury, New Zealand and an M.B.A. in International Industrial Management from the University of Applied Sciences in Esslingen, Germany, specialising in Lean Management. With 25+ years of experience in industry, and 15 years in management and leadership, Fiona has managed multi-national teams across multiple countries, honing her skills in problem solving, effective communications and efficient procedures to address the complex challenges faced in global markets.
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"Fiona substantially improved the processes related to product compliance. Her ability to analyse and assess existing systems and procedures to expose weaknesses and propose improvements was outstanding and well accepted within the whole organization. This acceptance was not only based on her competence and experience but also on her personal commitment, and her capability in terms of training staff and getting people onboard with necessary changes. Her professional, calm and consistent approach, her focus on continuous improvement and positive change allowed our business to move forward. Last but not least, her provision of sound, fact-based risk assessments enabled my decision making" Hartmut Schürg | COO | Germany "Fiona systematically analyses processes, quickly identifies problems, pinpoints the real root causes of the problems and works out corresponding process improvements in detail. Fiona created many important process descriptions for us and then quickly coordinated them in the organisation and trained the employees in handling the documents and the processes. I will consult with Fiona in the future where there is a need to analyse and improve complex business processes." Dipl.-Ing. Peter Krupinski | Interim Quality Management | Germany "Fiona quickly displayed her strong analytical and problem-solving skills, by identifying business gaps and putting robust procedures in place to fill them. She has the rare gift of being able to view things holistically, while also having the attention to detail and patience required to devise and enact the necessary changes. She created and implemented systems for product development, quality assurance and quality control, change control, risk analysis, and manufacturing improvement." Tim Davie | Logistics Manager | New Zealand "Fiona is an extremely experienced engineer and global product compliance specialist, with a laser eye for detail. Always calm and good leader of people, I would not hesitate recommending her skills to any business needing expertise in this space." Jason Crowe | COO | New Zealand "Fiona demonstrated very high level of proficiency in ensuring product compliance with all requirements. Her thorough knowledge of product requirements spanned the European, North American, and of course those of Australia and New Zealand. Not only is she an expert in the requirement, she is also well experienced in risk assessment and developing corrective actions to mitigate such risk. Her work has always been accurate and well detailed. She is self motivated and always delivered on time. Her experience will prove to be invaluable to any company where her services are used." Said Nakhla | Head of Product Development | Germany "Fiona has shown an exceptional ability, knowledge and understanding across a number of product quality, manufacturing and management aspects. I would recommend her as someone well versed in the above aspects and someone who can readily add value to an organisation" Denis Witt | Business Compliance and Risk | New Zealand “Fiona is a consummate professional. She is well-researched, and highly effective at challenging our thinking in a very constructive way. Together we have developed a strong future-focused strategy and created ‘shift projects’ to get us there" Stephen Leitch | Managing Director |New Zealand |