Processes
Contract manufacturing made streamlined and efficient
Assessing client needs
- Gather relevant documentation and information
- Check manufacturing feasibility in terms of technology, infrastructure and staff
- Prepare business plan and project calculations
- Create human resource management strategy
- Update technology roadmap
- Find potential manufacturing sites
Preparing price quote
- Prepare preliminary plans for personnel needs, testing, logistics, quality control and serial production
- Develop a comprehensive manufacturing plan to cover all outsourced processes
- Identify and assess project risks
- Calculate resources, timeframes and costs required
- Agree upon and document technical requirements and cost implications
- Finalise and sign contract including both business and technical project details
Project kick-off
- Assess and evaluate client expectations
- Define and approve kick-off protocol
- Prepare and approve production layout plan
- Develop System FMEA and testing strategy
- Get client approval for project plan, including timing
- Confirm manufacturing plans and instructions according to product lifecycle
- Define and approve production targets and KPIs
- Appoint dedicated project manager
Industrial site development
- Prepare and share BOM
- Prepare production equipment schedules, including Operations Equipment List
- Complete PPAP process
- Prepare and approve logistics strategy
- Perform and successfully complete HSE review
- Approve and validate the technologies used for manufacturing
Project ramp-up
- Complete product validation
- Prepare operator training plan and start training
- Prepare reporting forms and set up jour fixe meetings
- Approve product by accepting PPAP
- Complete and hand over product documentation
Contract manufacturing
- Assess and confirm manufacturing capability
- Define and approve product lifecycle
- Implement quality inspection measures in the production process
- Set up reporting system and production data exchange
- Conduct regular quality, production process and work site audits (LPA)
Aftermarket
- Conclude serial production under contract manufacturing agreement
- Prepare price calculator and volume planning with client
- Set up post-serial production logistics workflows
- Share estimated volume forecasts
Abbreviations
| BOM | Bill of Material |
| FMEA | Failure Modes and Effects Analysis |
| HR | Human Resources |
| HSE | Health Safety and Environment |
| KPI | Key Performance Indicator |
| LPA | Layered Process Audit |
| PPAP | Production Part Approval Process |
| SOP | Start of Production |