5 situations, and what each one needs today.
A stopped project is not a failed project. In most cases the project was not wrong. Something changed around it: a supplier, a cost, a priority. Most of these projects do not need to start again. They need one specific thing. That thing is usually smaller than you expect.
Find the situation that looks like your project. The right column shows what needs to be solved today. In most cases it is one defined step, not a new project.
1 ·Design and manufacturing in one place
The prototypes arrived and worked. Then you asked for 500 units. The answer was silence, a long lead time, or a price that made no sense.
The design stays in one place. The team that understands the design is the same team that builds it.
2 ·Production and test definition
Each unit needed a small manual adjustment. That was fine for five units. Nobody wrote down how unit 500 would be built and tested.
You keep the work that is already done. The project needs a defined assembly and test process, not a new design.
3 ·Component review
The design was built around one component. Halfway through the project, it was discontinued. Replacing it meant reopening the design.
The review shows what must change and what can stay. Then you can decide about a redesign with real information.
4 ·Test and certification plan
The design was ready. Then came the questions: which standard, which market, which laboratory, how long. The project waited.
The open question becomes a technical plan: which standard, which laboratory, which steps, and how long.
5 ·One responsible team to series
Engineering delivered the design. The supplier waited for files ready for production. Months passed between the two.
One team is responsible for every step from design to production. No step is left without a clear owner.
If you recognise one of these situations
KELD designs and manufactures electronics in the same place, in Zaragoza, Spain, since 1972. We help manufacturing teams take a working design to series production: production and test definition, component review, certification planning, and manufacturing.
