Material Sourcing and Qualification

Stage: Specification, Design and Verification

Definition	Before HDR, activities include: Initiate discussions with vendors Between HDR and PDR, activities include: Participate in BOM development Get component samples Between PDR and CDR: Get samples tested (R&D and component engineers) Begin qualification process with non-qualified suppliers Between CDR and Alpha Readiness Review: Component engineers and Commodity Analysts to agree on vendor selection (first/second source) Complete component & vendor qualification Establish approved vendor list Finalize second source qualifications Negotiate contracts with vendors Transmit contracts to Contract Manufacturer
Dependencies	Needs to start as soon as we start talking about BOM Needs to be completed to ensure that only qualified vendors will be used during Beta testing step
Input	BOMs
Deliverables	List of qualified vendors
Responsibility	Manufacturing representative in PMT
Resources Workload Competencies	Component engineers Commodity Analystsv
Lead-times	-
Metrics	LT analysis Improvement plan Cost and BOM analysis Material cost reduction plan
Guidelines	Each time a BOM is presented, it has to be with qualified vendors. Vendor qualification process: Check whether vendors are already qualified (by Atrica or by sub-contractors) Run qualification process for non-qualified vendorsComponent qualification procedure