KPI:
1.    Design & Development of Rubber molded parts.
2.    Product development & project completion as per customer agreed targets of Quality, cost, and lead time. Achieving Right First Time.

# Feasibility review of parts
•    Rubber compounding.
•    Rubber material Testing.
•    Compression, transfer, Injection, extrusion molded part design review
•    Various rubber raw materials and its processing requirements
•    Conceptualize tool design (2 plate mold, 3 plate molds, CRB systems, various gating considerations, insert molding)
•    Molding Process understanding. (Undercut / draft analysis, part removal, post processing, packaging) 

# Stagewise process design for rubber molding process
•    Process flow for rubber molded parts
•    Process flow diagram (PFD)

# Manufacturing lead time and cost estimation for rubber molds
•    Major elements contributing to tool making lead time, its manufacturing processes
•    Costing of tool elements & mold manufacturing processes

# Prepare Quality plan for product development
•    Understanding of process selection, deciding process parameters.
•    PEMEA
# Approval of rubber mold design (back up calculations to meet the part dimensions, mold construction, molding machine selection):
•    Types of molds, mold construction
•    Tonnage calculation; molding machine selection
•    Cycle time estimation
•    Raw material processing conditions & limitations
•    Mold design Checklist
# Manufacturing of tool / fixture / inspection gauge 
•    Manufacturing process for molds, machining elements, heat treatment.
•    Mold assembly 
•    Mold Inspection & approval
# Track the project progress for mold development    
•    Prepare detail mold manufacturing plan
•    Periodic review and update the progress
•    Mold inspection at various stages of manufacturing
•    Mold tryout and troubleshooting
•    Rubber molding process parameter understanding
# Part optimization planning    
•    Review of part inspection reports and plan for optimization
•    Review assembly feedback, corelate with the part dimensions and action plan for improvements
# Conduct stage wise PPAP     
•    Awareness of IATF system 
•    Quality documents – APQP, FMEA, PPAP, SPC, MSA
# Continual improvements in processes to improve upon Quality, cost & delivery
•    Problem solving techniques
•    SPC
•    TGR, TGW