Cross Section Consulting
From product idea to production.
Product development, sourcing and manufacturing support for founders.
Is your product idea ready to become a real product?
You’ve got the idea. But before you invest in samples or start contacting factories, how confident are you about the costs, quantities and steps involved?
Take the free Product-to-Production Scorecard to see where you stand across product clarity, commercial viability, development and manufacturing. You’ll get your results and practical next steps.
Take the Free Scorecard
Is your product idea ready to become a real product?
You’ve got the idea. But before you invest in samples or start contacting factories, how confident are you about the costs, quantities and steps involved?
Take the free Product-to-Production Scorecard to see where you stand across product clarity, commercial viability, development and manufacturing. You’ll get your results and practical next steps.
Take the Free Scorecard
How it works
1) Answer 15 practical questions
Quick and honest. There are no right answers—just tell us where you genuinely are today.
2) See your readiness score across 4 areas
Get a clear view of your product clarity, commercial viability, development readiness and manufacturing readiness
3) Get Your Route Map
The Product Development Roadmap goes further, with a practical development plan and an initial look at potential production routes, costs, minimum quantities and suitable factories where your brief allows.
What this helps you understand
Most founders get stuck not for lack of a good idea, but because the next steps toward development and manufacture feel unclear and risky. This scorecard turns that uncertainty into a practical read across the areas that actually affect product success.
Product Clarity
How clearly you understand your customer, the problem your product solves and what you actually want to create.
Commercial Viability
Whether your target retail price, unit cost and quantities point to a product that can actually stack up
Development Readiness
How prepared you are with specifications, materials, sizing, samples and the decisions needed before production.
Manufacturing Readiness
How prepared you are to identify and approach suitable factories, understand MOQs and compliance requirements, and confidently move towards production.
Expert Guidance, Not Generic Online Content
This scorecard is built on Kirsty's 20+ years in product development, textiles, materials, sourcing and manufacturing. She has worked both inside established brands and directly with factories and suppliers, so she knows where products stall and what it really takes to move them forward.
That experience spans apparel, performance products, equestrian, pet products and other sewn products. The questions reflect the decisions that genuinely make or break a product on its way to manufacture, so your result is grounded in practice, not theory.
