The article is devoted to the quantitative formalization of quality assessment criteria for use in an automated quality management system at the stages of design preparation of production (KPP). The article discusses the stages of a technical proposal, a draft design, a technical design and the development of working design documentation. A unified evaluation procedure is proposed for five key groups of criteria for the quality of a machine-building product: the quality of technical solutions, reliability and operability, safety, adaptability and uniformity, as well as operational properties. Grouping criteria into groups allows for an end-to-end assessment of the CHECKPOINT between the stages, which provides an opportunity for experts to conduct an assessment. For each group, a method has been formulated to obtain a final indicator that provides a comparable numerical estimate that is practically suitable for further use in an automated quality management system at the stages of the CHECKPOINT. The methodological basis of the study was the analysis of sources that make it possible to identify the most characteristic problems and requirements for quality assessment at the stages of the CHECKPOINT. The results obtained contribute to increasing the degree of formalization of the quality assessment procedure at the early stages of the product life cycle, which creates conditions for improving the quality of products through systematic and reproducible evaluation of innovative solutions. Procedures for rationing scales and setting thresholds are provided.

Keywords: design preparation of production, quality assessment, formal criteria, terms of reference

The article is devoted to the formalization of quality assessment criteria in the framework of the development of an automated quality management system at the stage of design preparation for the production of machine-building products. The main focus of the research is in the development of the terms of reference (TK). The author suggests formal criteria for assessing the quality of TK, aimed at forming comprehensive requirements for the design of the product and the organization of work. The methodology is based on a systematic analysis of domestic and foreign literature, as well as regulatory documents, and the formation of a graduated quantitative scale for each assessment criterion based on them. The key evaluation criteria are highlighted, each of which is assigned characteristics and scoring systems for quantitative analysis and the possibility of subsequent use when creating an automated quality management system at the checkpoint stage. The work contributes to improving the quality and competitiveness of products through a systematic assessment of the initial stage of development and the formation of the correct requirements for innovative products. The research results are focused both on research in scientific peer-reviewed journals of the Russian Federation, and with attention to international experience, which allows combining existing experience in the subject area.

Keywords: design preparation of production, quality assessment, formal criteria, terms of reference