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Premium Lightweight Automotive Putty
- Family
- Polyester Fillers
- Stage
- Testing
- Lead
- Esi Lead
- Director
- Yaw Director
- Target release
- 2026-11-30
- Confidentiality
- normal
Objective
Technical and commercial objectives, kept side by side so a requirement change can be judged against both.
Lower density than benchmark with sanding time below target.
Hold price parity with the incumbent while reducing shipped weight.
Stage gate
Built from the project's stage HISTORY, not from a single current-stage field. That is what lets a project move backwards into Failure / Rework without the record of where it has been being overwritten.
- ✓ 1. Requirements2026-03-02 → 2026-03-27
- ✓ 2. Research2026-03-27 → 2026-04-21
- ✓ 3. Materials2026-04-21 → 2026-05-19
- ✓ 4. Formulation2026-05-19 → 2026-06-30
- ✓ 5. Laboratory2026-06-30 → 2026-07-28
- ● 6. Testing2026-07-28 → in progress
- ○ 7. Failure / Reworknot entered
- ○ 8. Validation Candidatenot entered
Requirements verification matrix
Every requirement with its target, the measurement taken against it, the method used, and the derived verification state. The state is computed from the measurement — it is never a field anyone sets.
| Target | Measured | Verification | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| REQ-014-01 | Cured density | critical | target 1.15 · max 1.25 g/cm3 | 1.19 g/cm3 | ASTM D792 | PASSSuccessful |
| REQ-014-02 | Adhesion to aluminium | critical | target 8.0 · min 6.5 MPa | 6.8 MPa | ASTM D4541 | PASS — LOW MARGINConditional. Measured 6.8 MPa against a minimum of 6.5 MPa — inside tolerance but below the warning threshold of 7 MPa.Measured 6.8 MPa against a minimum of 6.5 MPa — inside tolerance but below the warning threshold of 7 MPa. |
| REQ-014-03 | Sanding time at 20 C | high | target 20 · max 25 minutes | 22 minutes | INT-SAND-01 | PASSSuccessful |
| REQ-014-04 | Sanding time at 5 C | high | target 30 · max 40 minutes | 47 minutes | INT-SAND-01 | FAILFailed |
| REQ-014-05 | Cure shrinkage | high | target 0.30 · max 0.50 % | not measured | INT-SHR-02 | NOT MEASUREDConditional. No measurement recorded yet — this requirement is unverified.No measurement recorded yet — this requirement is unverified. |
| REQ-014-06 | Storage stability at 40 C | medium | target 6 · min 6 months | not measured | INT-STAB-01 | NOT MEASUREDConditional. No measurement recorded yet — this requirement is unverified.No measurement recorded yet — this requirement is unverified. |
Milestones
- Requirement set approvedplanned 2026-03-27 · actual 2026-03-27COMPLETESuccessful
- Candidate formula submittedplanned 2026-06-26 · actual 2026-06-30COMPLETESuccessful
- First full test panel completeplanned 2026-08-22IN PROGRESSConditional. Planned for 2026-08-22; not yet complete.Planned for 2026-08-22; not yet complete.
- Validation candidate nominatedplanned 2026-10-09NOT STARTEDStatus
Risks
- RSK-014-01Micro-sphere supply is single-sourcedowner Abena ProcurementELEVATEDConditional. medium probability, high impact — mitigation in progress.medium probability, high impact — mitigation in progress.
Mitigation: Second supplier qualification opened with Procurement.
- RSK-014-02Sanding time may regress at low temperatureowner Kofi EngineerELEVATEDConditional. high probability, medium impact — no mitigation in progress yet.high probability, medium impact — no mitigation in progress yet.
Mitigation: Low-temperature panel series added to the test plan.
- RSK-014-03Density target conflicts with adhesion minimumowner Ama ChemistELEVATEDConditional. medium probability, high impact — no mitigation in progress yet.medium probability, high impact — no mitigation in progress yet.
Mitigation: DOE planned across filler loading and coupling agent.
Team
- Esi LeadProject Lead
- Ama ChemistLead Chemist
- Kofi EngineerTest Engineer
- Kwesi TechnicianLab Technician
- Akua QAQA Reviewer