How did you take on this challenge?
To meet this challenge, we decided to use the components before they were fully approved, so that we could run the quality control lead time in parallel with that of the end product. To manage any business risks, we implemented a system in which we could indicate which components came from reliable suppliers and to which this parallel system applied.
The release of the end product was blocked until the components had been fully approved. If a component was rejected, this automatically resulted in the non-release of the end product, so that no risk whatsoever arose for the customer.