Most NPI problems are visible before they cause issues.
NPI projects rarely fail because nobody is working hard enough.
Problems are more often hidden in the assumptions surrounding the project: unclear commercial justification, optimistic forecasts, unresolved technical risks, incomplete manufacturing preparation or decisions made without enough evidence.
The NPI Commercial Readiness Scorecard provides a structured way to challenge those assumptions.
Sound familiar?
→ Everything is priority one
→ T he project was green last month
→ Testing is taking longer than expected
→ We don't have enough engineers
→ Manufacturing will sort that later
→ We're nearly ready for production
The scorecard is designed to make those signals visible.
WHAT IT ASSESES
Look at NPI as a system, not a collection of individual tasks.
01
Commercial Case
Is the opportunity understood, evidenced, and capapble of delivering a return?
02
Financial Control
Are investments, commitements, and the forecast cost at completion visible and controlled?
03
Delivery Confidence
Can the team demonstrate a credible route from the current position to launch?
04
Production Readiness
Is the product being prepared for repeatable, capable, and commercially viable manufacture?
05
Governance & Ownership
Are decisions, risks, evidence, and reporting owned at the right level?
A PRACTICAL ASSESSMENT
Less theory. More Useful questions.
The scorecard asks you to assess statements about how NPI actually operates in your organisation. For example:
“The project has measurable success criteria covering product performance, cost, quality, compliance, manufacture, and launch.”
There are no complicated maturity models to decipher. The aim is simply to start better conversations about where your NPI system is helping delivery — and where it isn't.
FROM SCORE TO ACTION
The value comes from understanding why you've scored the way you have.
01
SCORE
Build a consistant picture of how your current NPI process operates.
02
IDENTIFY
See which areas could be contributing most to delivery risk.
03
PRIORITISE
Decide where imnprovement effort is likely to have the greatest impact.
The objective isn't a perfect score. It's knowing where to look.
WHO'S IT FOR
Built for people responsible for making NPI work
Engineering Leaders
Operations Leaders
NPI
Leaders
Project Managers
Leadership Teams
The Scorecard is designed for Engineering Directors, Operations Directors, NPI leaders, Project Managers and other senior stakeholders responsible for bringing new products into manufacture.
Use it on a live project before an important gate, investment decision or launch commitment — particularly when everything appears green but you’re not completely convinced.