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	About us     Stage-Gate Expertise Partners and network - Jens Arleth - Claus Varnes - Robert G. Cooper Contract provisions and consulting ethics      Trademarks Article collection		If you use our Stage-Gate® expertise, your company will improve its profits and growth from new products much faster than if you are trying to design and implement Stage-Gate on your own. We offer you three advantages: 1) Quality assurance  You get a high-quality process without the typical weaknesses and outright errors that most people make, whenever they design and implement a Stage-Gate® process for the first time. 2) Pace  Your Stage-Gate® process will be up and running effectively at least one year earlier than if you work on your own. 3) Time  Both you and your busy colleagues save months of valuable time doing work that we can do much faster due to our skill and experience. Our consultants are internationally renowned experts in managing innovation. Cooper developed The Stage-Gate® principle in 1989. Since then, we have assisted many European and North American companies with this process. Jens Arleth has been cooperating with Cooper for 25 years and is Europe's leading Stage-Gate expert. Stage-Gate users assisted by Arleth include:   Alfa-Laval, Denmark and Sweden (food processing equipment)        Hempel's Marine Paints (paint and surface treatment products)   Carlsberg (beverages)       LEGO A/S (toys)   Chiquita Int., Belgium, (food products)       TDC A/S (telecom services)   Copenhagen Pectin (food ingredients)       Telenor, Norway (telecom services)   Danfoss A/S       Uddeholm Tooling AB, Sweden (tooling steel)   Danish Agricultural Advisory Service       Varian S.p.A., Italy (scientific equipment)   Enraf B.V., Netherlands (measuring equipment)       VIFA (speaker units for consumer electronics)   Ferrosan (medicine and dietary supplements)       Girobank A/S (banking services) Practical experience and comprehensive research Accordingly, Stage-Gate.EU ® offers wide experience and a solid theoretical background. From our many Stage-Gate tasks, we offer a wealth of tips, practical examples and advice on the essential elements of every process - as well as the pitfalls you should avoid. In addition, our knowledge is based on the world's most comprehensive research in this area. More than 10 books and 100 articles on effective product-development methods have been published. Kick-start your process and get better results We help your company get your Stage-Gate process up and running much faster than usual. We implement stages 1 and 2 of our working plan by means of an effective, committed process lasting a couple of months. The vast majority of companies which implement this process on their own or together with management consultants with no specific Stage-Gate® expertise spend one or more years on this same process. Your company also benefits from a 'world-class' process based on our scientifically-documented 'best practices' and the practical experiences of the many leading companies around the world we have assisted. Your process will include the best from other companies, yet without the weaknesses and errors most make when they introduce Stage-Gate the first time. As mentioned, the results of our assistance are 1) Quality assurance  A Stage-Gate® process of guaranteed high quality. 2) Pace  Fast and efficient implementation. 3) Savings You save time and money. In general, you increase your company's growth and earnings from new products much faster and less expensively than you would have been capable of otherwise. Jens Arleth, © Stage-Gate.EU ®, 2009