Quality and Validation Governance

Buyer Fit and Deployment Context

Primary owner profile: Quality managers and sourcing leads who require documented execution confidence.

• Quality-sensitive industrial programs
• Traceability-heavy medical and aerospace parts
• Cross-site procurement governance

Pre-PO Decision Inputs to Lock

• CTQ-to-inspection traceability
• Evidence readiness before PO expansion
• Risk-based control prioritization
• Acceptance scope ownership between buyer quality and supplier engineering.
• Escalation and revision-effectivity rules before schedule compression.

RFQ Preparation Checklist

1. Provide CTQ list and acceptance thresholds
2. Define document output requirements
3. Specify validation lot strategy
4. Confirm escalation path for non-conformance

Risk and Mitigation

• MP quality drift from sample baseline: Carry sample CTQ controls into repeat production checkpoints.