About Global NPI Solvers
Our Vision
Our Services
Our Services
We help our customers reduce New Product Introduction (NPI) cycles by focusing on clear and open communications, 24/7 tool access, clear goal setting, contingency planning, on site implementation, detailed plans, and effective feedback.
Our goal is to help you overcome time-to-market barriers while minimizing risks to quality, cost, and product performance.
Our Services
Our Services
Our Services
We empower OEM brands to launch smarter and faster. Our expertise in New Product Introduction brings added horsepower to seamlessly move your product from concept to market. We offer a wide range of services, including pre-production analysis, production implementation and on-going support. Our expertise are consumer, telecom infrastructure, and power conversion electronics and PCB assemblies.
Our Approach
Our Services
Our Approach
We use collaborative and client-focused approaches. By working closely with clients, we gain a deep understanding of their goals and needs, which allows us to deliver solutions that solve critical path obstacles. Our collaboration also extends to the factories. We understand their capabilities, capacities, and constraints which directly impacts the ability to successfully ramp up production.
Management Bios
Rob (Robert) L. Carl is a seasoned executive in the electronics industry, recognized worldwide for his leadership in advancing the design and manufacturing of power adapters for consumer and medical devices, as well as power converters for cellular, AI, 5G and Cloud computing infrastructure.
In October of 2025, Rob completed a sabbatical across Africa, the Middle East and Vietnam, pursuing personal goals and charitable initiatives. During this time, he successfully summited the peak of Mt. Kilimanjaro, which at 19,341 feet stands as the world’s highest free-standing mountain in Tanzania.
Prior to his sabbatical, Rob served for eight years as President of Brightworks Technology, Inc., a North American subsidiary of Hong Kong based Group Intellect Power Technology – a global organization of 3,500 employees with operations in China and Vietnam. At Brightworks, Rob also re-launched PowerLine-USA.com, an e-commerce brand specializing in power devices and cables for consumers devices made by Apple, Samsung, Huawei, and many other global brands.
Currently, Rob is Founder & CEO of Global NPI Solvers, an international consulting agency that helps companies accelerate transformative product strategies through cost- and time-efficient new product introduction processes and high-volume manufacturing. With over 30 years of experience, Rob has held leadership roles in business and new product development, product ideation, R&D, NPI program management, marketing and channel strategy. Notably, he served as Director of NPI Program Management at General Electric (GE) leading and collaborating with R&D and NPI teams in Mexico, China and Texas.
Rob’s expertise spans executive management from brand development, NPI program management, factory operations management, finance and accounting to leading complex supply chain organizations, factory operations management, and sales and customer account management. Additionally, his global experience in leading R&D teams and strategic product development initiatives have effectively yielded more than $1 Billion in global product sales. He is passionate about mentoring teams, fostering innovation, and driving operational excellence.
Rob earned a B.A. in Business Administration from Azusa Pacific University, where he played football, graduating Summa cum laude and received the prestigious School of Business Graduate of the Year award. Rob also holds an M.B.A from University of California, Irvine.
Beyond his professional achievements, Rob is committed to philanthropy. In 2017 he founded Chan Rong Vui, an international charity dedicated to supporting orphaned children in developing countries. To date, he and his organization have served over 1,500 children in Africa, Cambodia, China, India, and Vietnam.
Service Modules Offered
- Comprehensive Design Reviews for manufacturing readiness
- Bill of Material (BOM) Review with Leadtime analysis, mitigation recommendations and implementation plan
- Bill of Material (BOM) "Should Cost" analysis
- Process Flow Risk analysis (Paper and Onsite), including mitigation recommendations and implementation plan
- Quality Control Plan (QCP) and PFMEA analysis, including mitigation recommendations, and implementation plan
- Pre-Pilot run Test Data and Workmanship analysis, including CPK analysis, mitigation recommendations, and implementation plan
- Pilot run Test Data and Workmanship analysis (on-site) including CPK analysis, mitigation recommendations, and implementation plans
- Factory Audits (on-site), including capability analysis vs need, mitigation recommendations, and implementation plans
- Factory Product and Process Compliance audits (on-site) vs specifications and Work Instructions, mitigation recommendations, and implementation plan
- Plastic Tooling qualification process reviews and recommendations
- Manufacturing Location Recommendations
- NPI program planning, including Gantt chart and critical path
- NPI project management
Why Choose Global NPI Solvers
Our Mission
At Global NPI Solvers, our mission is to Solve NPI challenges for OEMs. We don't just offer solutions, rather we actively implement proven plans that not only solve the problems OEMs often encounter when bringing products to market, but do it in a time and cost effective manner. In short, we Empower OEMs and brands to launch smarter, faster, and worldwide by being part of their team. We focus on accelerating product launches from concept to high-volume production.
Innovation
We are committed to innovation and staying on the cutting edge of technology. We use the latest tools and techniques to deliver NPI solutions that are efficient, effective, and sustainable. We utilize SmartSheet, Teams and MFA in our tool set, as well as a number of proprietary tools we have developed over the years.
Collaboration
We believe that the best solutions come from working together with you - understanding the needs and demands of your organization; and working with the manufacturing locations - understanding their existing and future capabilities and processes. We represent our clients as their authorized agents as we work closely with the NPI teams to bring your product to high volume production in the shortest, risk mitigated way possible.
Experience
Our team has more than 3 decades of experience in a wide range of engineered products ranging from consumer grade electronics to medical grade to industrial grade equipment and devices in various market sub-segments. We have worked on projects of all sizes and complexities, and we have the skills and knowledge to tackle most challenges.
Pod Casts
Curious about the NPI philosophy and approach at Global NPI Solvers, listen to our founders thoughts on Pod Cast to learn more.