
303Development Trials on Large-Scale Equipment
or improve the properties. These actions put the demonstration at
risk of failure. If the manufacturing manager insists that you test the
higher rates, do so at the end. Separate that portion of the run from
the rate and yield data collection.
• This run should be self-nancing with the sale of product to custom-
ers or commercial inventory.
• Transition runs will highlight any organizational preparedness
issues for the product launch. The management should monitor
these trials as closely as the process team. They ought to be looking
for breakdowns in the handoffs from one functional area to another ...