01 Answer first
How does the buyer know manufacturing is following the approved project?
Project control should connect approved drawings, specifications, bought-out components, manufacturing status, document progress, changes, inspections and open decisions. Useful reporting shows what changed, who must decide and what evidence is required before FAT.
02 Where it fits
Position in the project journey
Execution - after signed scope and before FAT.
03 Buyer inputs
What the buyer should prepare
- Timely drawing and document approvals
- Controlled bottle, cap, label and pack information
- Named contacts for technical and commercial decisions
- Visibility of site dependencies and target milestones
04 Allot Tech and manufacturing-resource inputs
What should be clarified or provided
- Manufacturing and purchased-component status
- Approved revision used for each build activity
- Inspection, document and FAT preparation status
- Change, risk and open-decision reporting
Allot Tech coordinates requirement, quotation and project communication. Detailed engineering, manufacture, testing, documentation and confirmed service are performed by selected manufacturing resources according to the signed scope.
05 Technical scope
Questions and work to control
Control the Approved Basis
Drawings, specifications, format data, utility inputs, and interface decisions should have clear revision status. Changes need recorded impact review before they enter manufacturing.
Report What Buyers Need to Decide
Useful reporting highlights approvals due, open technical points, scope changes, interface risks, readiness dependencies, and the next buyer actions for the project.
- Document and drawing status
- Manufacturing and integration checkpoints
- Open issues, owners, and required decisions
Control Manufacture Against the Approved Baseline
The project status should connect the signed equipment list, approved drawings, technical submittals, bought-out components, software and controls, manufacturing milestones, inspection points, documents, buyer decisions, and exceptions. Report by deliverable and evidence rather than using a single percentage that can hide missing approvals or critical late items.
- Show planned, current, forecast, and blocked status
- Identify which buyer input prevents downstream work
- Keep superseded requirements out of production and procurement
Route Changes Through Technical and Commercial Review
A proposed substitution, layout revision, format change, component delay, software update, or scope clarification may affect performance basis, interfaces, documentation, cost, schedule, FAT materials, spares, local work, and acceptance. Record the reason, affected documents, alternatives, reviewers, disposition, implementation evidence, and final as-built consequence before closing the change.
- Separate information requests from approved changes
- Link nonconformances to correction and verification
- Carry unresolved actions into FAT readiness
Buyer questions answered
Practical answers before you request a quotation
What should a supplier manufacturing update show?
It should link the controlled scope to engineering approvals, procurement of critical items, fabrication and assembly stages, quality records, software or documentation status, FAT readiness, packing and open risks. Dates should reference the current baseline and forecast.
Is a reported percentage complete enough evidence of progress?
No. Progress should be supported by traceable deliverables, approved drawings, purchase or inspection status, completed manufacturing steps, test records and photographs or other agreed evidence. Weighting rules should be defined before percentages are used.
How should manufacturing changes be approved?
Record the cause, affected configuration and documents, interface, quality, cost and schedule effects, disposition, approval authority and verification. The delivered and as-built records must match the authorized configuration.
06 Responsibility
Assign the owner before the work is due
Land, building and civil work, permits, import and customs, local taxes, site utilities, unloading, lifting, local labor, travel support and commissioning materials are not automatically included. Confirm every responsibility before order.
07 Common risks
What commonly creates avoidable uncertainty
- Late buyer data enters the build without an impact review
- Progress percentages hide overdue approvals or integration risks
- FAT is scheduled while test materials or documents remain unavailable
08 Acceptance or completion
How to know the stage is complete
Status reporting connects the approved basis, current build state, due decisions, changes, inspection evidence and FAT readiness.
09 Required documents
Records that support the decision
- Project status report
- Drawing and approval register
- Change and decision log
- Inspection and FAT-readiness plan
Evidence basis
Official references and project limits
These primary sources support the general planning principles used in this guide. The rules, evidence and responsible authority for the actual project country must still be confirmed locally.
10 Next project step
Turn this decision into a reviewable project brief
Share the product, container, target output, destination and available site information. Unknown inputs can remain open for the first review.
Turnkey scope is project-specific and is defined by the signed technical and commercial agreement.