Industrial products must be robust and reliable so these engineering-led projects involve extensive functional testing and analysis, in conjunction with risk and reliability techniques such as Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA).

Production costs are a driving factor for most industrial markets. As well as carefully selecting materials and production processes that are most cost-effectively aligned with the predicted sales volumes, DCA regularly utilises tools like Value Analysis, Design for Manufacture and Design for Assembly techniques for drive down product costs without any adverse effect on the quality and performance offered to the user.