SOLUTION 01 · CASA ALMA ZAMORA
Product Development & Innovation. Turn an opportunity into a technically viable solution.
We research, formulate, prototype, validate and prepare scaling pathways to transform ideas, raw materials and by-products into technically grounded solutions with market potential.
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WHEN IT MAKES SENSE
Challenges we can help structure.
We do not start from a fixed service catalogue. These situations help identify where an intervention can create value.
I have a product idea, but there is not yet a viable formulation.
My product needs improvement in performance, process, quality or sensory experience.
I need to test at pilot scale before investing in commercial production.
I need to define what should be validated before scaling.
I want to explore a new category or application.
CAPABILITIES
What we can do.
The scope is defined after understanding the challenge. We activate only the capabilities required and, when appropriate, bring in external specialists.
- Technology monitoring & technical diagnosis
- Applied research
- Formulation & reformulation
- Experimental design
- Prototyping & pilot batches
- Technical & sensory validation
- Process parameter definition
- Scaling & transfer pathway
DELIVERABLES
Results that create decision-making capability.
Deliverables vary by project. We aim for each stage to produce evidence, criteria or tools that support the next decision.
Technical brief & development opportunity
Formulations & prototypes
Testing plan & validation criteria
Preliminary process parameters
Pilot results & conclusions
Roadmap for next stages
PROCESS
A sequence driven by decisions.
Not every stage requires the same duration or depth. The plan adapts to the level of maturity and the evidence already available.
Understand
We define the challenge, the resource and the success criteria.
Research
We review existing knowledge, critical variables and technological options.
Develop
We formulate, prototype and conduct controlled tests.
Validate & advance
We document results and define the next technical pathway.
EVIDENCE & EXPERIENCE
From biodiversity to a proposition that can be tested. Capability is demonstrated through action.
SOLARA and the ethnobotanical work in Llañucancha illustrate two different entry points: creating a new category and technically exploring opportunities rooted in the territory.
CONNECTED CAPABILITIES
This solution does not operate in isolation.
When the project requires it, this solution can connect with any of House Alma Zamora's other capabilities.
LET'S TALK
Do you have a challenge related to product development and innovation?
You do not need to arrive with a defined scope. Tell us your starting point and we will assess together what makes sense to do first.
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