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Engineering, planning & support

R&D / product development engineer

You develop new products and changes and prove they can be made right, at rate, before launch.

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Routine

Daily

  • Run and record development trials

Weekly

  • Review design risks and open actions

Monthly+

  • Prepare the gate review for the next stage

Your kit, task by task

  • Design / process FMEAWhen it happens · Document generator
    LiveOpen
  • Line trial reportWhen it happens · Document generator
    LiveOpen
  • Process capabilityWhen it happens · Calculator · Cp / Cpk Process Capability
    LiveOpen
  • Control planWhen it happens · Document generator
    LiveOpen
  • Stage-gate reviewWhen it happens · Document generator
    LiveOpen

KPIs you are measured on

Top pains and how to handle them

Launch happens before the process is capable

Prove capability on the production line with real material before release.

Design risks are listed but not acted on

Give each high-risk item an action, an owner and a date.