Incoming material identity and status
Request an order-relevant example and confirm which product, revision, material or lot it identifies.
Manufacturer capability
Evaluate a supplier's controllable checkpoints, records and response to defects before placing or releasing an order.
Capability question
Capability should be demonstrated through product-specific records, approved samples and traceable decisions—not broad claims.
Define defect categories, sampling, measurement methods and release authority in advance; a generic quality statement does not establish the order's acceptance criteria.
Record the input, approval evidence, exception path and accountable role for this incoming material verification stage.
Record the input, approval evidence, exception path and accountable role for this pre-production alignment stage.
Record the input, approval evidence, exception path and accountable role for this cutting and in-line checks stage.
Record the input, approval evidence, exception path and accountable role for this measurement and workmanship review stage.
Record the input, approval evidence, exception path and accountable role for this packing verification stage.
Record the input, approval evidence, exception path and accountable role for this release and corrective action stage.
Evidence request
Ask for records connected to the proposed product and workflow, while protecting confidential third-party information.
Request an order-relevant example and confirm which product, revision, material or lot it identifies.
Request an order-relevant example and confirm which product, revision, material or lot it identifies.
Request an order-relevant example and confirm which product, revision, material or lot it identifies.
Request an order-relevant example and confirm which product, revision, material or lot it identifies.
Next step
Describe the target product and ask how quality control will be evidenced for the approved order revision.