Sectors / Manufacturing
How your shop really makes things
Routings, quality records, supplier quotes and design changes show how products are made and corrected. That record is what labs want. Controlled work and customer drawings can be kept out.
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Records that tend to be useful
You decide which of these are included. Any of them can be left out at any time.
Manufacturability notes
The changes a design goes through so it can actually be made.
Corrective action and quality
How defects are found, traced to a root cause and fixed for good.
Routings and work instructions
The way operators set up, run and inspect each job.
Supplier quotes and sourcing
How parts are priced, sourced and negotiated.
The most common worry: customer drawings
Many shops build to customer drawings under NDA. During scoping, customer-owned material is reviewed and can be excluded, and any customer names in the copy are replaced with placeholders.
If your shop does defense or aerospace work, some technical data may be export controlled. That material can be left out completely. You and your counsel decide whether anything restricted belongs in scope.
How your records are handled
From the very first step, an NDA covers everything. Any process, product line or folder you see as core can be held back. You approve a sample before anything goes out, and your originals stay in your ERP and file shares.
Two quick questions
Are CAD files required?
No. Quality records, routings and supplier email can be enough on their own.
Will this affect the shop floor?
No. Your team keeps running the same systems, and nobody asks for a password.