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Planning Guide
Product status and availability
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Product Launch
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Abbreviations
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Type Index
Release status of products
Product maturation is an evolutionary process and follows a maturation and learning curve. It starts with a product
idea, which many people and divisions within the company then work on for a long time to reach all the new prod-
uct’s various targets. These targets represent the function and design of the product. The manufacturer’s perform-
ance and quality standards must also be achieved.
At Saia Burgess Controls the product maturation process is represented with colour codes. These are described
in the table below.
These colour codes are used on a dedicated web-page:
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They document the actual status of all products currently in field trials or market launch. Please consult the web-page
if you wish to use a roduct marked in this catalogue as „* Not released at time of printing“.
Function/design
Logistics/availability
Support
blue
Series production improvements
have been incorporated. Final polish
applied to design and function.
Product quantities have reached tar-
get volume and flow smoothly even
when demand surges.
Training for product is standard-
ized. Online support and FAQs
established.
green Products are available in series
production quality and may be
used with no particular technical
constraints or risks.
Unrestricted sale. Products from
our own production are available ex
stock. Shipping volume is on the rise.
All SBC sales and support organiza-
tions have the necessary product
skills. Its use can be fully supported.
orange Products are available in series pro-
duction quality. In the pilot phase,
any deficits of function or design are
found and corrected.
Products for ‘restricted’ sale. Delivery
not yet ex stock. Quantity limited.
Customers are informed about pilot
status of product.
Product is known throughout
organization. Support capability is
still limited to a few individuals.
red
Laboratory and functional models
are available for laboratory and field
trials. Not for sale. Not for use in
customer production setting.
No product orders accepted. Sched-
uling in a new key project may well
be possible. Inquire about delivery
dates!
Developers and product managers
advise on function and look after
laboratory and field trials.
Meaning of product status colour codes
Natural learning curve when introducing products into
manufacturing, logistics, support, documentation and function
Target delivery performance
– 80 % of deliveries in 2 working days
– 95 % of deliveries in < 1 week
– On-time delivery > 98.5 %
Target level
Delivery
time in
days
Functional scope
Freedom from errors
Advisory performance
Delivery performance
Status: Product launch and availability
Time
* Not released at time of printing. For information about product status, see page XXX.
