Gain the Confidence to Deliver Embedded Products with Excellence
Using the trusted Reliance Framework, we make product creation simpler and better aligned with customer needs.
“Immediately grasp difficult situations and quickly find the right solutions.”
—Marelli Automotive Lighting Reutlingen GmbH
“Achieve significant accelerations and overcome outdated habits.”
—SMA Solar Technology AG
“Introduced new ideas and concepts.”
—Eeins Embedded Experts GmbH
What Sets Embedded Solutions Apart When It Comes to Delighting Consumers?
A one-pager by the Embedded Business Innovation Center - 2025
Success isn't just about transforming ideas into market-ready solutions
Developing solutions on-site in our Creative Room
Imagine waking up one day and looking at your company: your team operates like a finely tuned machine, there is a seamless integration between your processes, and you have gained the unwavering confidence to make decisions.
This is the result of consistent resilience.
Your embedded device has transcended mere product status—it has emerged as a market leader, celebrated by everyone for its unmatched quality and reliability. Customers believe in your brand while competitors scramble to keep pace.
How do you cultivate such reliance?
Turn ambition into a powerhouse system where success feels inevitable!
The risk of getting stuck
First, consider the difference between uniformed and informed optimism when making strategic decisions.
Uniformed optimism leads to decisions driven by hope and assumptions, often overlooking critical challenges and risks.
Informed optimism, on the other hand, is grounded in data and realistic planning, ensuring strategic progress with resilience.
Ask yourself: What is the most critical decision to make, and when is the right time to make it?
To be on the upward curve of strategic efficiency, decisions must be made with informed optimism—at the right time and with the right resources. Miss the chance to adapt or innovate and your competitors will capture the opportunity.
Balance enthusiasm with realistic expectations and back it with a solid action plan.
Life-cycle of strategic efficiency: The inflection point marks the transition from decision-making ambiguity to either continuous growth or growing opportunity costs, as well as the moment when investment turns into cash-positive returns.
The Challenge of Building
To know what to do and when, it's essential to bring together a team of experts who can handle the risks and strategic decisions you need to make for success.
Setting up a Competence Center can save you time and money by making it easier to form specialized teams in your organization. But we also know that getting this center off the ground can take a lot of time and resources, which might feel overwhelming. Some of the constraints are:
High Costs: Building an expert team costs an estimated 500,000 Euro annually.
Time Investment: Setting up the necessary infrastructure takes 3 to 7 years.
Competitive Pressure: Competitors may reach the market faster, putting your product at risk of losing relevance.
Without this center, teams struggle with inconsistent methods, leading to inefficiencies, misaligned practices, and unchecked bureaucracy. These challenges disconnect technical methods from market objectives, transforming progress into a resource-draining race with uncertain outcomes.
What if there were a more straightforward way?
Uniting Expertise for Strategic Product Success
Every department within the company plays a crucial role in this interconnected product creation process. To ensure success, unlock the valuable potential within your organization—your people.
Each department plays a vital role in your product journey.
By forming a unified team with targeted expertise, we align management's strategic goals with the operational excellence of your product creators.
We call those people stepping up your Hero Team.
What the Hero Team Does
Streamlines the product creation process.
Aligns cost accounting, pricing strategies, and customer engagement with device features.They streamline the product creation process, ensuring success when cost accounting, pricing, and customer engagement align with device features.
The Hero Team will be your key strategic alliance, making and executing essential tactical decisions.
Product & Business Life-Cycle: Five Dilemmas, mark the crucial points where strategic decisions make or break the business in their journey to place a product. They are accompanied by symptoms such as sluggish daily work or usual organizational behaviors breaking down, followed by increased inefficiency.
What Happens Next
How We Build a Product Creation Function That Runs Without You Holding It Together?
You gain a clear path to results without confusion, friction, or wasted effort. Enjoying clarity of your product creation process, enabling your team to move forward with confidence.
Start with a Self-Assessment
30-minute evaluation of my product development journey.
Highlights key challenges and priorities.
Provides clear focus on actionable problems to tackle immediately.
Ensure alignment on customer satisfaction goals.
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Start of my Pilot, Change within 90 days
Tangible results increase my customer satisfaction.
Drives improvements in ongoing projects.
On-the-job training for my team with minimal disruption.
My team adapts quickly to the new system and processes.
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Set Up of my Competence Center
My people handle product creation independently of me.
We set up my very own competence center with the right technologies and methods, establishing the reliance framework, and defining my hero team.
My competence center will be fully operational and seamlessly integrated into my organization, ready to deliver results without additional effort on my part.
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There is only one thing left I need to do now. I will enable my organization to embrace creativity while we stay aligned with product market goals.
What Our Customers Experience Every Day
“We learned that the typical setup in most companies keeps experts working in silos, which limits collaboration and alignment. Specialized knowledge stays trapped in individual domains, and teams often struggle to connect their efforts to shared goals. This creates gaps that hurt product success. The training showed how to break those silos, align expertise across teams, and ensure everyone works towards a common outcome. It’s about turning isolated knowledge into unified action.”
Performance Comparison of Service Providers
| Embedded Business Innovation Center (EBIC) | Accelerator | Consulting Agency | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capabilities |
Delivers comprehensive operational support throughout the entire product lifecycle. - End-to-end EPLP coverage - Embedded operational guidance - Ensures strategic and technical alignment |
Drives rapid product acceleration through network-driven approaches. - Focuses on achieving Product-Market Fit - Leverages predefined program tracks - Delivers focused support for early-stage innovation |
Provides targeted expertise for specific operational challenges. - Deploys specialists to address capability gaps - Offers flexible, on-demand support - Adapts to immediate project needs |
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| Advisory Scope |
Designed for sustained, structured engagement. - Supports from ideation to market launch - Aligns with the full Product Creation Journey - Well-suited for organizations focused on scaling |
Specializes in early-stage market entry. - Accelerates time-to-market - Focuses on pre-launch phases - Complements organizations seeking fast validation |
Engages when specific expertise is required. - Supports post-Product-Market Fit initiatives - Delivers tactical, project-based interventions - Adapts to evolving business needs |
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| Technical Expertise and Industry Experience |
Brings deep expertise and a proven track record in complex environments. - Operational leadership - Advanced embedded systems knowledge - Strong industry references |
Offers entrepreneurial experience and startup insights. - Founder-driven expertise - Focused on specific industry niches - Encourages innovative thinking |
Delivers specialized knowledge from experienced consultants. - Deep expertise in selected areas - Flexible application across projects - Customized support for unique challenges |
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| Methodology and Tools |
Applies robust, industry-proven frameworks. - Integrates Reliance, Agile, Lean - Establishes Competence Centers - High maturity in tooling and processes |
Utilizes structured program methodologies. - Predefined tools and processes - Supports organizations at growth inflection points - Encourages team self-assessment |
Adapts methodologies based on consultant expertise. - Flexible approach to tool selection - Aligns with corporate standards - Customizes methods for client needs |
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| Innovation Capability |
Embeds innovation cycles within ongoing operations. - Continuous feedback and experimentation - Scales innovation maturity - Supports iterative improvement |
Focuses on fostering product creativity. - Encourages out-of-the-box thinking - Drives rapid prototyping - Inspires entrepreneurial mindset |
Leverages proven best practices. - Relies on established methods - Ensures reliable, tested approaches - Minimizes innovation risk |
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| Process Orientation and Efficiency |
Achieves measurable efficiency gains. - Reduces waste (Muda) - Aligns with ISO and QM standards - Maintains structured process ownership |
Emphasizes speed and agility. - Fast iteration cycles - Encourages quick decision-making - Supports rapid experimentation |
Customizes process improvements. - Adapts to local implementation needs - Encourages strong internal coordination - Delivers tailored efficiency solutions |
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| Quality and Performance |
Ensures reliable, high-quality outcomes. - Structured escalation paths - Consistent delivery accuracy - Integrated performance monitoring |
Depends on founder initiative and execution. - Founder-led progress - Encourages hands-on engagement - Adapts to resource constraints |
Relies on consultant expertise for results. - Flexible support for varying challenges - Adapts to project-specific requirements - Delivers targeted quality improvements |
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| Cost and Pricing Structure |
Transparent, outcome-based pricing. - Value-driven investment model - Clear ROI visibility - Predictable cost structure |
Low initial barrier with equity-based models. - Attractive entry costs - Aligns incentives with success - Encourages shared ownership |
Flexible, project-based pricing. - Adapts to budget and scope - Supports short-term engagements - Offers customized solutions |
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| Communication and Collaboration |
Seamlessly integrates with client teams. - Co-creation approach - Clear reporting and accountability - Embedded workflows |
Program-driven communication. - Structured program guidance - Encourages external networking - Supports focused team interactions |
Adapts communication to project needs. - Flexible formats and styles - Encourages direct consultant engagement - Responds to evolving requirements |
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| Sustainability and Risk Management |
Incorporates structured governance and compliance. - Risk Hub for proactive management - Adapts to market uncertainty - Built-in compliance mechanisms |
Focuses on strategic innovation and growth. - Encourages entrepreneurial risk-taking - Supports early-stage exploration - Adapts to dynamic environments |
Provides essential compliance support. - Ensures basic regulatory adherence - Adapts to project-specific needs - Supports risk-aware decision-making |
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| Summary | Delivers comprehensive support across the entire embedded product lifecycle, from ideation to scaling. Enhances Product Creation through structured Operational Alignment, advanced Planning, and reliable Steering Systems. | Creates a focused environment to accelerate product ideas and drive early market validation, leveraging networks and entrepreneurial energy. | Offers specialized external expertise and flexible support, tailored to address specific operational challenges and project needs. |
Now that I've watched the intro video and explored the performance comparison of service providers. There's only one thing left for me to do, I will empower my organization to embrace creativity.