brands and downstream material consumers
From material sourcing, development and R&D to Environmental and Social Responsibility strategies development, we can help.
Social and Environmental Innovation
The mission at Outsider Innovation is to elevate product while reducing its impact, whether Social or Environmental. We can help reduce your company’s and product’s footprint by assessing and cataloging the manufacture and supply chain, helping find the social marginal costs and highlight cutting edge best practices or other avenues for product responsibility.
Material Development Sourcing and Technical Innovation
From the routine resourcing of commodity materials to developing bespoke materials and working with suppliers on advanced concepts, Outsider Innovation can help on your next project. Regardless of the material, product or issue, let us help define the problem and assess available avenues. We can work together with your team or independently to get the project done.
Strategy Development and Education
Sometimes all that is needed is a fresh set of eyes to do your best work. We can build a strategy to help your team operate at their best or provide our expertise, enabling you to do so. Outsider Innovation works with designers, sourcing personnel and leadership to set material and impact related goals and governing principles so that all your products and projects in the future can benefit.
Quality and Systems Development and Support
Research and Development is often the fun part, while continuing product quality and systems get less attention. Outsider Innovation can help your company to work with its supply chain to build better systems, helping ensure each unit you source matches its benchmark. We can work with your quality and production personnel to simplify products and processes, eliminating waste and improving product quality and repeat-ability.