“Our product is not moving forward.”
Lighter and stronger at the same time. Cheaper and still leak-proof. The third prototype looks like the first, and the supplier in Asia does not understand the drawing. I know this from the inside – and I have tools that get you out of the loop.
AI in hardware development – Tools like my TRIZ AI skill resolve design conflicts in hours instead of weeks. Designing, building, testing and taking it into series production still happens with real material – hardware, not software.
Sound familiar?
- Two requirements contradict each other, and the team has been going round in circles for months.
- The prototype works, but nobody can build it in series.
- The manufacturing instruction is a Word document only the designer understands.
- The supplier delivers something other than what was ordered – and the rework eats the margin.
- You do not know whether the idea is worth a patent, or whether one already exists.
What you end up with
A product that can be built: designed, tested, with manufacturing instructions a supplier understands, and with a path into series production. For the stuck contradiction I use structured methods – not brainstorming, but tools that turn contradictions into solutions.
Three steps, no project theatre.
- 01
Name the contradiction
What should get better, and what gets worse as a result? Only when that is on one sheet of paper is design work worthwhile. On site, with the team that builds the product.
- 02
Solve and build
CAD, prototype, test – with my tools and partners. I sit at the sewing machine and the 3D printer myself when needed.
- 03
Bring it into series
Manufacturing instructions, supplier search, quality control on site. I have directed and accepted production in Asia myself.
This is exactly how I solved it in my own company.
ShredRack, BOLSTair, Truck Tollo
Three inflatable products of my own: EU patent, TÜV/SGS, ISPO Brand New Award, Green Product Award, series production in Asia.
Astrium and Skywalk
Flight hardware integration for an ISS experiment. Then five years of inflatables at Skywalk: development, prototypes, production on site in Asia, dealer training.
From the idea to the product on the shelf.
Validate the idea, prototype, sales test, production, launch, scaling – nine phases I have gone through several times with my own products.
What people say who have worked with me
“Working with Einfallsschmiede was extremely pleasant, above all because communication was so clear from the start. We were able to move the product forward quickly and test it on the market. Gladly again!”
CEO & President, Blackroll®
“Our product development challenges were understood immediately and implemented professionally. We were particularly impressed by the fast CAD design, which matched our ideas exactly after just a few prototype generations.”
Managing Director, Pets Nature
“I value Tobi Deckert’s ability to get things done. The exchange and the mutual introductions to our network partners have greatly accelerated the progress of our projects.”
Founder & CEO, RESTUBE GmbH
One day in your business – by the evening you know how much the solution saves or adds in revenue.
Two days of work, zero risk: you only pay once you know the number – and only if it adds up for you.
First, a 20-minute call: Do you make or sell products? How many people? Which process hurts the most?
- freeDay 1
The Test Bench
Analysis on site
I come to your business and walk through the one process with the people who do it every day. Numbers, routes, exceptions – everything that isn’t in a spreadsheet.
- freeDay 2
The Solution
Solution and estimate
I build the solution and do the maths. By the evening you have two pages: what it saves or adds in revenue, in euros – and a clear no if it isn’t worth it.
- fixed priceDay 3
The Installation
Installation and handover
The solution goes into your business: integration, data, training your people, documentation. At the fixed price agreed on day 2.
The one-third guarantee
You pay at most one third of what the solution saves or earns you. If that doesn’t add up, you get no offer – just an honest no. The fixed price is set at the end of day 2, before you buy anything.
On day 1 you see my own ERP, my bookkeeping and my shop live – that’s how my business has been running for years.
Let’s talk for 20 minutes.
Three questions, and you know whether the Test Bench makes sense for you. Munich · Rosenheim · Traunstein · Salzburg.