Parts Creating checklist
Creating a new part often done by a Designer, but influencing very many functions in the company
- Customer
- Purchasing
- Manufacturing
- Aftermarket
- Spare part handeling
- Service instruction creating
Every organisation has their demands and needs to be satisfied by the part and as a designer you need to take all their needs into acount
All organisations have their own way of looking at the product
This is an attempt to create a comprehensive Checklist and it needs to be taken into account whenever a part is created:
Design:
- What function shall the part fullfill
- Primary function
- Secondary functions
- Is there an old part that can be used
- What carbon/CO2 footprint will the part have
Purchasing:
- What is the estimated price
- Do we have a good existing supplier that has the potential to deliver
- Do we have a reliable supplier that has the potential to deliver
- Is there a supplier that can support you in developing the part
- Does the intended supplier have a good way mapping sustainability
Manufacturing
- Is it easy to mount
- Do we need special tools, machines or fixtures to mount it
- Are there suppliers that can deliver according to schedule
Spare Parts
- Is there an old Spare part that can be used in its place
- Is it easy to find a provider of the part also in the long run when the part isn’t used in production any more
Service Parts
- Is it easy to see if the part is broken/working like it should
- Is there an old part that can be repaired in the same way as the new part
- Can an existing special tool be used when repairing
- Can a new special tool be used for more repair jobs
- The cost for the new special tool
- Is it easy to demount the broken part and replace it with a spare part
Remanufacturing
- Can the part be remanufactured in an efficient way
Scrapping
- Is it easy to scrap the product
- Is there a mixture of materials that need to be separated
(I have been working with heavy machinery my whole life and this fact infuences the list, you might work in an other area and then the list needs to be adopted to your business)