Lifecycle Playbooks
Stage 05 · Post-order / production
Order, Manufacturing & Expediting
Valve slippage happens at material stage, not assembly. This playbook puts the milestones and evidence points where delays are born, so expediting is early and factual instead of late and loud.
For: Expeditors and project buyers protecting the delivery date
You are here if
- The order is placed and the first progress report is already vague
- A casting or forging is late and the ship date is quietly sliding
- Site needs the valves earlier and nobody knows what can be pulled in
Where this stage goes wrong
- No milestone plan on the order - progress reported as percentages that mean nothing
- Material (castings, forgings) not tracked separately from assembly, hiding the real critical path
- Documentation started after testing, adding weeks after the valves are physically ready
The Playbook
- 1Fix the milestone plan at kickoffMaterial order, material receipt, machining, assembly, testing, documentation, dispatch - dated and on the order.
- 2Track material as the critical pathHeat numbers and MTCs at material receipt are the first hard evidence; chase these, not assembly promises.
- 3Demand evidence-based progressPhotos, heat numbers and test slots - a report without evidence is a forecast, not progress.
- 4Start the dossier in parallelMTCs and dimensional reports compile during production so documentation review does not trail testing.
- 5Book inspection slots earlyThird-party witness dates are lead-time items themselves - lock them when testing dates firm up.
Stage deliverables
Milestone plan on the POEvidence-based progress reportsInspection call schedule
Tools for this stage
Reviewed by Process Engineering, Vajra Industrial SolutionsDiscipline: Valve Service SpecificationLast reviewed: 20 June 2026
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