Quality and change management
PCRs that close in production, not just on paper.
Most change requests close when a vendor says yes. AccelerateNPI follows every agreed change from sample to first production part, finds the root cause when something slips, and makes sure the same mistake doesn't happen twice.
The problem we solve
A spec change gets agreed during sampling, the PCR closes, and the first production parts arrive without it. The tooling was never updated, the wrong drawing revision was pulled, or a sub-vendor changed something. Nobody finds out until the parts are on the dock.
Four stages, one closed loop
Sample verification and PCR
PD verifies every dimension. Clerical errors are fixed directly; physical issues become a PCR with comments and drawings that the vendor confirms or rebuts.
First production quality
Quality re-checks every critical dimension against the vendor sheet, PD sheet and every prior PCR, and rejects non-compliant dimensions with a written reason.
Root cause analysis
Every confirmed variance triggers a 5W1H analysis. Variances that share a cause are grouped; Quality approves the fix, then re-inspects.
Vendor pattern tracking
Each closed RCA is logged by category. Recurring causes flag the vendor for review, and their future PCRs need proof that tooling was updated.
Built-in rules that keep work moving
Two rounds, then escalate
Rebuttals and RCA revisions are capped at two rounds, so disputes reach a decision instead of looping in email.
Proof, not a checkbox
Vendors with a recurring pattern must show evidence of a tooling or engineering update before a PCR closes.
One RCA per root cause
Group related variances so vendors fix the cause once, not every symptom.
Every step on record
Each response and decision is time-stamped with who acted, building the history AI uses to find bottlenecks.
A view for every role
Product development
Compare samples to vendor sheets, issue and close PCRs, update the PD sheet.
Quality
Inspect by dimension, review rebuttals, approve RCAs, re-inspect.
Vendors
Respond to PCRs and rejections, submit grouped RCAs, see only their own items.
Management and sourcing
Escalations, vendor scorecards, recurring-cause trends and audit decisions.