A senior-level advisory session designed to bring clarity to CMF decision-making before complexity, scale, or manufacturing constraints create costly challenges.
This session treats CMF as a strategic system, not styling—grounded in real production environments, organizational structure, and decision ownership. It is designed for product-driven brands experiencing growth or increasing complexity without a corresponding CMF system in place.
This is the recommended starting point for most organizations.
Best for
• Brands without senior CMF leadership
• Design and product leaders seeking CMF clarity and structure
• Teams approaching tooling, supplier lock, or production scale-up
Particularly valuable for
• Companies without a formal CMF department or dedicated CMF leadership
• Brands managing expanding product portfolios, platforms, or assortments
• Design leaders with primarily industrial design backgrounds who need deeper CMF rigor across color, material, finish, price-tiering, and assortment strategy
• Organizations encountering challenges with factory color matching, finish repeatability, or CMF consistency
• Leadership teams looking to up-skill junior or mid-level CMF talent without slowing product timelines
This session is especially beneficial when teams are approaching tooling, supplier lock, or production scale-up, where CMF decisions must hold under manufacturing pressure.
What we cover
In a focused, working session, we examine CMF decisions at a systems level, rather than as surface-level styling.
Areas may include
• CMF structure, ownership, and decision flow
• Color and finish repeatability across suppliers
• Material and finish risk in production environments
• Assortment coherence and price-tier alignment
• CMF escalation paths and accountability
• Gaps between design intent and factory reality
The goal is to surface what matters most now, what can wait, and what requires immediate course correction.
What you receive
90-minute live advisory session (Zoom)
• Real-time CMF risk and opportunity audit
• Strategic guidance grounded in manufacturing reality
Post-session written summary (1–2 pages)
• Key findings and observations
• Prioritized recommendations
• Clear next-step guidance your team can act on immediately
This is an advisory engagement, not execution—designed to create clarity, alignment, and momentum.
Investment
$1,500 USD
Includes the live session and written follow-up summary.
Availability is limited.
Who this is not for
This advisory is not intended for:
• Early-stage startups without manufacturing scale or CMF accountability
• Organizations seeking trend reports, mood boards, or surface-level styling support
• Teams that view CMF as decoration rather than a strategic, operational discipline
• Projects where CMF decisions are fully locked and non-negotiable
Focused CMF evaluation of specific products, concepts, or assortments to identify risks, inconsistencies, and opportunities before escalation or launch.
May Include:
• CMF product or concept reviews
• Product family and assortment alignment
• Media-based CMF analysis using photography or product videos
• Written feedback with prioritized recommendations
End-to-end CMF systems and execution frameworks that enable consistency, scalability, and manufacturability across product portfolios.
May Include:
• CMF systems and architecture development
• Render-to-reality CMF execution frameworks
• Standards, libraries, and workflows
• Supplier alignment and manufacturing support
Foundational support for building or scaling an internal CMF function that operates with clarity, accountability, and authority.
May Include:
• CMF department set-up and scaling
• Role definition and workflows
• Decision frameworks and escalation paths
• Standards, documentation, and governance
Targeted education and coaching for individuals, teams, and organizations seeking to strengthen CMF capability and confidence.
May Include:
• Guest lectures and speaking engagements
• Portfolio coaching for designers and students
• Corporate training, workshops, and guest lectures
Most organizations begin with a CMF Strategic Advisory Session to establish clarity and direction, then move into one or more of the services above as needed.
Not sure where to begin?
Request an Advisory Conversation
I’ll help you determine the right starting point and scope.
