Stage 2 · May to Jun 2026

Focus on ramp-up

Discovery mapped the whole lab-operations ecosystem. A cross-functional scoping session narrowed Phase 2 to one measurable flow: how systems ramp from first signal through handoff to validation. That focus drives the questionnaire, the 9-stage model, and the managers' deck.

Ramp-up deep dive

Why ramp-up

From ecosystem map to one flow

Discovery showed breadth

Seven themes spanned tooling, planning, org design, and domain mismatch. Standardizing everything at once was not feasible.

Scoping picked a spine

Ramp-up is where planning, inventory, build, configuration, and validation meet in daily lab work. Improving it touches several Discovery themes without boiling the ocean.

Structured comparison

A shared 9-stage model anchors every questionnaire response so SOC, Platform, and site answers can be compared side by side.

Research design

Primary question and scope

How is system ramp-up actually performed today (as-is) across SOC and Platform labs and across sites, and where are the inefficiencies, inconsistencies, and measurement gaps that standardization could address?

In scope

  • From ramp-up signal (ticket, email, chat, verbal, planning handoff)
  • Through basic acceptance test and iConsole onboarding plus inventory update
  • Handoff to validation (validation work itself is out of scope)

Out of scope (for now)

  • Capacity planning and workforce modeling
  • Procurement before the ramp signal
  • Long-term roadmap and tooling investment decisions (Phase 3 outputs)

Canonical model

Nine stages of ramp-up

A shared vocabulary for the questionnaire and analysis. Participants may skip stages or add custom steps depending on their site and domain.

  1. Receive / log signal — Request arrives and is logged.
  2. Clarify / validate request — Confirm quantity, platform, recipe, deadline; chase gaps.
  3. Parts / inventory checkout — Locate, reserve, and pull hardware.
  4. Apply rework / soldering — Board-level rework or modification.
  5. Hardware setup — Physical build, rack, cable, power.
  6. Install and configure — BIOS, OS, software (recipe).
  7. Basic Acceptance Test (BAT) — Smoke and health checks; loads iConsole data.
  8. Verify iConsole onboarding — Confirm onboarding data and inventory records.
  9. Handoff to validation — Transfer system and ownership to validation.

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