From what the OP described, they do not "design" anything. It's more appropriate to discuss planning than design. I believe this is a confusion and, to clarify this situation, I'd suggest that QualProd look at what the contractual agreement with the customer says. Are they being asked to deliver a process (in specs, layout, process flow, machinery etc) or simply make to print? I rather doubt that they're being contracted to design anything. When anyone speaks of design of "services", we have to a) look at what was ordered and b) what is delivered.