Process acceptance and capacity assessment Sample Clauses

Process acceptance and capacity assessment. ‌ The process acceptance and capacity assessment stages serve to demonstrate that the production process at the Supplier is operated under controlled conditions and meets the required capacity. The process acceptance and capacity assessment stages need to take place before or during the initial sample run. Improvements and optimisations to the process need to be performed in advance. Amongst other items, the following need to be completed by the Supplier prior to GG accepting the process: • Valid drawings/specifications must be available • The process must already have been operated under series conditions and approved internally by the Supplier. Drawing and specification requirements must have been verified. Deviations need to be incorporated into the drawing or specification by the product development department responsible • Production and testing facilities need to correspond to the series production stage and be documented. The measuring capability of testing and measuring equipment needs to be demonstrated • The agreed quality measures need to have been implemented and the results available (e.g. FMEA, capability studies, check plans) • The number of parts to be produced need to have been defined • All quality measures and sampling (incl. process acceptance and capacity assessment) need to have been performed and completed by the upstream suppliers • The employees involved need to have been trained and a record of this needs to be available • The existing packaging needs to satisfy the series packaging requirements defined • The number of parts required for the initial sample needs to have been defined and the planning of initial sampling coordinated with GG All deviations and improvements deemed necessary as a result of the process audit shall be recorded and must be immediately remedied or implemented.