Four questions, one for each lesson in Part VII. Work them without your notes. These are judgment questions: there's a right way to think about each one, not a sentence to memorize.
CHECKPOINT
L28 The Drawing Is the PlanYou're about to release an installation drawing package. The mechanical installer has reviewed it and signed off. The controls team hasn't answered your two emails, and mobilization is in four days with the project manager pushing you to release. What do you do, and which specific drawing items are at risk if you release without hearing back from controls?
L29 The Business CaseA product that's 2 percent of daily volume requires a different, more expensive conveyor to convey reliably, and it's driving up the whole system cost. The customer approves capital on a three-year payback. How do you price the option so the customer can decide whether the outlier is worth carrying, and how do you keep from presenting an "industry-standard payback" that doesn't exist?
L30 The ProposalYou're reviewing a proposal that states the system's maximum product weight inside the fourth paragraph of the system description, phrased as "the system is optimized for packages up to about 28 pounds." A business buyer is about to sign it. Name what's wrong with both the placement and the wording, say where the limitation belongs, and explain what the softening costs after installation.
L31 The RoomA proposal will be reviewed in one meeting by a VP of Operations who wants labor and throughput outcomes, a Director of Engineering who wants equipment selection and controls detail, and a maintenance lead who has watched two prior systems fail and wants to know his one technician can keep it running. How do you structure the proposal and run the presentation so all three get their question answered at the right depth, and which seat do most engineers underserve?
YOUR RIVERSIDE WORK SO FAR
Deliverable
Quality Criteria
Installation drawing package
Belt speeds and gap expectations, sensor locations with mounting angles, PLC delays at transfers, accumulation zone release modes, pull cord E-stop path and reset locations, Aux I/O module locations, and disconnect locations all called out on the drawing
Each callout tagged to the trade that needs it
The pre-release interview run with mechanical, electrical, and controls
The three vendor RFQs checked for completeness: pull cords in the electrical RFQ, VFDs per motor, Aux I/O list and WMS interface scope in the controls RFQ, every gap documented
The proposal package
All eight deliverables present: layout, MTBH table, BOM, limitations, assumptions and exceptions, cost drivers, calculations, maintenance requirements
System limitations in their own labeled section, unsoftened, stated as numbers
Every assumption and exception documented with its reason
Cost drivers addressed with the with/without-outlier priced options for the Small Case and Tall Case
The business case built against Tom's three-year threshold from confirmed inputs, not assumed labor numbers
The maintenance section addresses Michael by name
The executive summary leads with business outcomes, supporting calculations included
The pre-quote gate cleared under the gated no-advance model and the checklist handed to an independent reviewer before release