In any modern engineering business, there is immense pressure to produce better designs using faster and more cost effective processes than ever before. Through the use of Virtual Prototyping, MVP can help customers meet these challenges. Virtual Prototyping is the ability to create, test, refine and optimise designs using a computer model. Thus reliance on physical prototypes can be reduced significantly, thereby saving time and money and improving design quality. MVP Ltd. has extensive experience of implementing virtual prototyping effectively within any existing design or test environment. Traditionally, the approach to design has been a sequential process moving from concept to product with little room for design iteration. TRADITIONAL DESIGN PROCESS The main disadvantage with this process is that problems with the design are never realised until the physical prototype or even the product is built. Modifying the design is then an expensive procedure in terms of both time and cost. The vision of MVP is that virtual prototyping should become a major part of the design process. Thus many design iterations can be built and tested on the computer prior to building any physical prototype. The result is that better quality products can be delivered cheaper and faster. VISION OF MVP The virtual prototyping process is typically as follows:   • Build Design: • Design Investigation: • Design Validation: • Design Refinement: A virtual prototype of the design is built and preliminary feasibility studies can be performed. Parameter studies can be performed using techniques such as design studies, design of experiments and optimisation in order to predict the best operating configuration. Having selected a design from the investigation exercise, computer simulation results can be compared with those of test if test data is available. Having verified the performance of the virtual prototype against test data, modifications to the design can be made if further performance improvements are required. MVP can provide its customers with consulting, training and support to help make this vision become reality.