Today is about one thing: manufacturing tracking & process

We've reached the stage where operational rigor is the unlock — we can't optimize clock performance until the process underneath it is clean. Two outcomes for this meeting:

1. Agree on one system for tracking every order.
2. Lock in how we name parts and talk to vendors.

Why now

• Part status is scattered across email, zip files, and vendor threads — which is causing naming drift, RFQ confusion, and near-missed holds with our fab partners.
• Clean, consistent data isn't just tidiness — it's what lets our tools (and AI) actually help us track and search this work.

We're moving order tracking off scattered email onto one living source of truth, and stepping it up the stack. Notion is optional — we may go straight from the sheet to the web app.

1. Every new part in the registry gets a 1–2 sentence description in Notes — so anyone not on that part can tell what it is and why it exists.
2. RFQs use the EXACT registry format: MQ2601-11903-V00-RevA02 — not MQ2601-11903, not ..._V00_revA0.
3. Every external vendor message — and shared file name — carries the Part Number + Alt name + the product it goes into: MQ2601-11903-V00-RevA02 (MQC-02 Physics Card).
4. One RFQ at a time. Never combine a PCBA assembly request with a PCB fab request — it becomes impossible to track across vendors.

• Curtis — clear all outstanding items in the tracker today.
• Team — follow up with manufacturing partners tomorrow for status on open items.
• BOM review owner — decide today: Brian preferred (adds a review gate before the BOM goes out); Nick continues near-term if needed.
• Part number on every order — as a field in the tracker, so orders are searchable by part.
• PARTS DB comments — initial context comment on each part + prominent variation/version notes (why A-01 vs A-00).
• Parts / naming SOP — write it up and share with the team.
• Supply Chain page — first version of web-based order tracking (linked to parts + vendor comms) by end of week.
• Docs live on the part — every document tied to a part version (RFQ, quote, PO, fab drawing) gets attached to that part in the web app; no more digging through email.