Valenza NPD · New Product Development

From a design brief to a finished sample — in any metal

Design briefs, CAD and manual design departments, per-designer task queues, a design library and manager dashboards — one pipeline for a sample line, whether it's gold, silver, brass, copper or anything else.

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Design briefsCAD + manual, both trackedAny metalManager dashboards

Design Brief — DB-0412

Silver chain sample, 3 variants

CAD DepartmentDue in 3 days

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Why it matters

A sample line nobody wrote down is a sample line nobody can trace

Most jewellers run NPD on WhatsApp photos and memory. Here is what a brief-to-sample pipeline looks like instead.

A brief, not a verbal ask

A design starts from a Design Brief — what is wanted, for whom, by when — not a conversation nobody wrote down.

CAD and hand-drawn, both tracked

Whether a piece is designed on CAD or sketched by hand, it moves through its own department with its own tasks and review.

A designer’s own queue

Every CAD and manual designer sees exactly their own tasks, files and reports — not the whole department’s backlog.

What it covers

Brief, design, review, library — one pipeline

Design Briefs

Where a new design starts — what is wanted, the reference, the deadline — created, edited and tracked to a brief ID.

CAD Department

CAD design tasks with their own directory, so a CAD designer’s work-in-progress is one list, not a shared folder.

Manual Design Department

Hand-drawn design tasks, review and a manual designer directory for work that doesn’t start on a screen.

My Tasks, My Designs

Each designer — CAD or manual — has a personal task list and file library scoped to their own work.

Design Library

Finished and in-progress designs kept in one searchable library, not scattered across chats and folders.

Manager dashboards

A CAD Manager Dashboard and a Manual Designer Head Dashboard — what their department is carrying, right now.

NPD Reports

Department and team reports on what is designed, pending and overdue, by designer and by brief.

How it works

Five steps from ask to finished sample

Brief

A Design Brief is created — the ask, the reference, the deadline.

Assign

Routed to CAD or Manual design, into that designer’s own task queue.

Design

The piece is built on CAD or drawn by hand — any metal, gold to copper.

Review

Manual Review and manager dashboards track it against the brief.

Library

The finished design lands in the Design Library, searchable later.

Any metal

gold, silver, brass, copper and more

2 tracks

CAD and manual design, both tracked

1 login

with the rest of Valenza Manufacturing

FAQ

Questions about Valenza NPD

What is Valenza NPD?+

Valenza NPD is new-product-development software for a jewellery sample line: a Design Brief starts the request, it is routed to a CAD or Manual Design department, tracked through each designer’s own task list, reviewed, and kept in a Design Library — with manager dashboards and reports over the whole pipeline.

Does it only work for gold and diamond jewellery?+

No. The brief-to-sample workflow is not written against one metal — silver, brass, copper or any other metal you run a sample line in works exactly the same way.

What’s the difference between the CAD and Manual design departments?+

CAD design work (CAD Working, CAD Review, CAD Library, CAD Reports) is tracked separately from hand-drawn work (Manual Tasks, Manual Review, Manual Designer, Manual Library) — each with its own designer directory, task list and reports, since the two processes don’t move the same way.

Can a designer see just their own work?+

Yes. My Tasks and My Designs (and the equivalent CAD screens) scope to the signed-in designer only — not the department’s full backlog.

Does a manager get a view over the whole department?+

Yes — the CAD Manager Dashboard and Manual Designer Head Dashboard show what the department is carrying right now, and NPD Reports cover designed, pending and overdue work by designer and by brief.

Is Valenza NPD sold separately?+

It’s part of Valenza Manufacturing, on the same login and tenant as the rest of the factory.

See a design brief turn into a tracked sample

We will create a brief, route it to CAD or manual design, and show you the manager dashboard that tracks it.

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