Our Company

About Us

Dragon Innovation (acquired by Avnet in 2017) provides solutions for the fastest, simplest, and safest way for companies to manage manufacturing complex products at scale. Founded in 2009 by the leadership team at iRobot who launched and scaled the first 4MM Roomba®s, Dragon Innovation has deep experience with high-volume electro-mechanical products. Our customer portfolio, encompassing both early stage and established companies, includes Ring, Dropcam, Shopify, SharkNinja, American Kennel Club, Sphero, Makerbot, reMarkable, Theragun, Coravin, and many more of the top name brands in innovative technology.

Dragon’s team—located in Cambridge, MA, Seattle, WA, Shanghai, China, Shenzhen, China, Hong Kong, HK, and Amsterdam, The Netherlands—focuses on the path from Prototype to Production with unmatched human expertise that simplifies and de-risks the New Product Introduction (NPI) process. Over the last decade, Dragon Innovation has been a manufacturing partner to hundreds of companies producing millions of quality products on time and on budget.

What We Do

Supporting companies that are launching complex products in a fast-paced connected world navigate New Product Introduction (NPI) and go from one to many.

Production Planning

Manufacturing Strategy Consulting Customized sessions with exec teams
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Conquering the unknown unknowns
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Manufacturing location tradeoffs
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Communication best practices
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Team structure
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Managing the Iron Triangle

Manufacturing Cost Analysis Detailed BOM analysis
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Estimate total cost of delivery

Design for Manufacturing Assessment DFMA assessment
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Process, materials, and assembly

Production Management

Factory Selection Global database of qualified CMs
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Proven Request for Quote process

Factory Production Management Visibility and control
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On-the ground support in Asia

Quality Control Manufacturer diligence
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Quality testing protocols
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Actionable plans—Implemented
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Compliance/Certification Support

Shipment Inspections Finished goods inspections
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AQL driven process

Quick Facts

Former iRobot Roomba team

Enabled 300+ customers

10+ years in business

30+ technical professionals

Boston, Seattle, SZ, HK, SH, and Amsterdam

Acquired by Avnet in 2017

Global Footprint

Dragon’s team is located in Cambridge, MA, Seattle, WA, Shanghai, China, Shenzhen, China, Hong Kong, HK, and Amsterdam, The Netherlands. To set up a meeting, or just say hello, please contact us.

We are an Avnet Company

In 2017, we joined Avnet. As part of Avnet we're excited we can now support and provide much more expansive options as the larger Avnet family is a world leader and an end to end solution provider.