Product & process design outputs (IATF only)
Plain-language summary
IATF specifies what design must hand over: for product — DFMEA, results, special characteristics, error-proofing, drawings/GD&T, service/repair information; for process — PFMEA, control plan, layout, work instructions, capacity analysis, process approval acceptance criteria and more.
What the clause is really asking
Two explicit output lists forming the launch package. Process design outputs include the complete manufacturing system definition: specifications and drawings, floor plan, characteristics matrix, PFMEA, control plan, instructions, approval criteria, data for quality/reliability, error-proofing results, rapid detection/feedback methods.
What auditors look for
Auditors use the lists as checklists against your launch file. Missing capacity analysis or characteristics matrix? The list says it should exist. They also check coherence: PFMEA-control plan-instruction alignment.
Typical evidence
Launch/PPAP file containing the listed outputs; characteristics matrices; capacity analyses; error-proofing verification records.
How to comply — recommendations
Make the two IATF output lists your launch-file index pages — completeness becomes a tick exercise, and audits become file walks instead of hunts.
Common nonconformities
Launch files missing capacity analysis or characteristics matrix; PFMEA and control plan diverging; service information never produced.
Related clauses
Builds on ISO 9001 8.3.5
In the book
Chapter 8 — Operation — Where the Product Is Won or Lost treats this clause family in full: what it is really asking, what auditors look for, the evidence that satisfies, how to make it work on a real floor, and where companies stumble. This IATF requirement is covered in the Automotive Edition, in the same six blocks as the ISO clause around it.
Resources for this clause
- ArticleProcess FMEA explained: the AIAG-VDA 7-step method, Action Priority vs RPN, and the process flow that feeds it
- Toolkit · $29PFMEA ToolkitProcess FMEA to the current method: type S, O and D and the Action Priority letter answers itself, colour-coded — with a linked process flow tab and the control plan handoff built in.
- Free downloadProcess Flow TemplateThe first document of the core-tools chain — every step the part actually takes, including the storage, transport and rework loops the control plan never shows.
- Free masterclass · ~21 minProcess Flow & PFMEA MasterclassThe AIAG-VDA 7 steps on one welded bracket — the process flow that feeds Structure Analysis, prevention vs detection, rating S/O/D, why RPN is gone and what the AP letters oblige you to do.
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