Title: NPI PROCESS

Sales Management Program Manager Order Admin Documentation Engineering Manufacturing Planners

Initiate New Current Customer,

Customer Contact New Product

Interface meetings
with Customer to
understand
potential business

Review for
accepting RFQ’s

Customer
Abandon sales
No profile is good
activities
fit?

Yes

Assign Program
Receive RFQ
Manager

Quote
Generation
Procedure

Send Quote to
Customer
Revise
Loop

Customer
Abandon Activity No Revise Quote? No
Acceptance?

Yes

Receive PO and
Current
Documentation
matching PO

BOM, Assy Dwg,

CAD, Gerber, Test
PO Validation Proc, Prog Part
Process Data Schematics

Customer
Documentation
NPI Checklist for
Initiate NPI Engineering
Checklist Completion

Check Revs of all

Route Customer documentation
Documentation

Setup Doc Folders

in EMS ENG and
Save
Documentation
there

Request
All Docs
Correct /
No Received and
Complete
Revs Correct?
Documentation

Yes

Create ZIP file with

Gerber and FAB
Drawing in EMS
ENG folder for
Stencil Ordering

Notification of
Documentation
with Location in
EMS ENG

Complete all Items

Conduct NPI
on Process
Review Meeting
Checklist

Import BOM to
Bare Board
CheckPoint
Approval
and 4th Shift
Additional
Information No Import or Digitize
Needed? CAD

BOM Check
Yes Package Layout
Check

Secure Additional PO Entry into

Customer or System (forwarded Send Reference
Product by Program “Good To Go” Locations
Information Manager Email

Create Factory
Model

Create
“Red Folder” Create Plots
master file packet

Machine
Programming

Generate Program

Trim PCB

Equinox

Tooling

Pre-Release
Meeting

New Plots /
Envelopes to Work
Centers

Participate in Participate in Participate in Participate in

Conduct Pre-
Pre-Release Pre-Release Pre-Release Pre-Release
Release Meeting
Meeting Meeting Meeting Meeting

Handle
Issues
Approved to
Create 3 Folders Run?
Mfg, Rework, QA
(Router, BOM,
Deviations, Assy Yes
Dwg, etc.

Monitor SMT Pilot Pilot Run SMT

Monitor Auto Pilot Run Prep

Thru-Hole Pilot Thru-Hole Wave

Monitor Pilot of all Pilot Run Hand

Manual Work Cells and Test
Updated
Update “Production
“Production Schedule”
Schedule” Spreadsheet
Spreadsheet

Manufacturing Issues
Stop
Problems and Identified
Run
Resolution Report during Run?

No

Complete
Production Run

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