Design transfer is a program, not a phase

In regulated manufacturing, design transfer collects everything that was postponed: documentation gaps, supplier ambiguities, training debt. Treating it as a phase after development guarantees the debt arrives at once, with an auditor watching.

Gating transfer like a program — named criteria, supplier qualification in parallel, line crew involved from the first build — cut the cycle from 34 to 18 weeks at our most recent client, with zero major findings at audit.