The Monday Board is a one-page checklist of eight actions, one for each step a new part launch goes through. Each uses records you already have and finds a real gap if one exists. Print it, pin it up and tick them off.
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01 · The launch plan
Pull the customer requirements for your next new part and give every PPAP element an owner and a week.
Chapter 1: Set Up the Launch02 · The PFMEA
Check one PFMEA was written before its control plan, and find its highest rated risk on the floor.
Chapter 2: Write the PFMEA03 · The control plan
Trace one control plan row back to a PFMEA row and read its reaction plan.
Chapter 3: Build the Control Plan04 · The work instruction and training
Ask one operator to do the steps on their work instruction and check it matches what they do.
Chapter 4: Train the Station05 · The gage and its calibration
List the gages on your special characteristics and find the Gage R&R for each.
Chapter 5: Prove the Gage06 · The first article
Pull your last first article and check every drawing characteristic has a reading.
Chapter 6: Make the First Article07 · The run at rate
Check your customer's run size and whether your last run was stopped early.
Chapter 7: Run at Rate08 · The PPAP package
Compare your next PPAP plan to the customer requirements and check the part revision matches everywhere.
Chapter 8: Submit the PPAP
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Based on the made-up latch cover LC-5927 in One New Part. The Launch Trail. The part, machine and numbers are made up. Use your own forms; every check works with whatever records you already keep.