Russell Kalbfeld Consulting

Russell Kalbfeld Consulting, LLC

Serving clients since 2014

630-362-1948

About us

Serving clients since 2014

Russell Kalbfeld Consulting, LLC will provide solutions for two of your company's most challenging issues:

1. Bringing new products to market to provide growth

2. Providing manufacturing cost reductions to stay competitive

RKC helps companies to bring new products to market by providing a full range of services from product design through product manufacturing.

Specializing in design for manufacturing, RKC can help you bring new products to market with the highest quality and most competitive costs.

Utilizing expertise in a wide variety of manufacturing processes and applying a unique blend of Value Stream Analysis, Lean Principles and Low Cost Manufacturing, RKC can offer ways to reduce manufacturing costs and improve corporate profits

Areas of Expertise

Product Design / Product Manufacturing

With a focus in Medical Device and Oral Care products, Russell Kalbfeld Consulting has provided clients with tens of millions of dollars in additional revenue and millions of dollars in cost savings

Product Development

Certified as a New Product Development Professional
Unique methods to turn the Voice of the Customer into marketable products
Expert in process equipment to design products with the most cost effective methods, providing the client with the least total costs
Strong partner relationships to provide a full variety of design and engineering solutions

Manufacturing

Expert in a broad range of manufacturing processes
Creative applications to provide the highest quality and most cost effective solutions
Specializing and Value Stream analysis and Lean processes
Strong worldwide manufacturing partnerships
- US / Europe / Latin America / Asia

Project Management

Certified Project Manager
Focused on providing the client with ensuring the project is done right and is done ON TIME
Specializing on projects for:
- New Product Development
- Low Cost Manufacturing
- Process Automation
Utilize and manage projects with MS Project Critical path tools controlling the most important aspects of the project

Medical Device / Oral Care

Recognized as the expert in oral care efficacy development
Proficient with all FDA, MDD and ISO requirements for Class 1, 2 and 3 medical devices
Able to adapt and improve on company specific Quality Management Systems
Strong partnerships with FDA register manufacturing facilities in US, Latin America and Asia

I could not believe I was losing business from my China manufacturing facility to our US manufacturing partner in Chicago until I saw how Russ re-invented the US factory. I then realized that manufacturing in China has very limited advantages against a well design process.

K. Li

Meet the Team

Principals and Partnerships

A terrific cross functional team of experts in a wide variety of specialties allows for nimble, cost effective solutions to all of your product development and manufacturing challenges

Russell Kalbfeld

FOUNDING PARTNER

30 years experience in medical devices / oral care manufacturing and product development.
Engineering graduate from University of New Haven with a master degree from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Holds over 30 patents
Certified New Product Development Professional

russell@russkalbfeld.com

Overwatch

Product Design Partner

Expertise in:
- Industrial design
- Electronic Hardware Engineering
- Mechanical Engineering
- Embedded Firmware Development
- Prototyping Capabilities

info@overwatch-llc.com