Learn about the role of the Core Tools Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP) and Production Part Approval Process (PPAP) in product development on our Introduction to APQP and PPAP training course.
By the end of the course delegates will understand how to utilise APQP and PPAP to demonstrate that products and processes meet market requirements and customer expectations.
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- engineers and engineering managers with customer relationship roles within the supply chain
- design, manufacturing and quality engineers involved in the preparation, submission or evaluation of PPAP documentation
Additional Core Tools courses include Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA), Measurement Systems Analysis (MSA), and Statistical Process Control (SPC).
Claim a discount of £100 if you book any 2 of our Core Tools courses together.
Alternatively, book our Core Tools package to receive our complete suite of Core Tools training, running across 4 days. The package covers APQP, PPAP, FMEA, SPC and MSA, and you can save £605 + VAT compared to the cost of booking each of the 4 courses individually.
- the business need for APQP and PPAP processes
- the requirement for APQP and PPAP in IATF 16949
- overview of APQP process:
- project management and timing plans
- defining project scope and requirements
- product design and development
- process design and development
- product and process validation and control plans
- PPAP process and requirements
- scope and limitations of approval
- evaluation of evidence submitted
- Ford phased PPAP requirements
- levels of submission and evidence required
- parts submission warrant
- supporting evidence
- materials data and use of IMDS database
- process capability
- summary of major changes in AIAG APQP latest edition
- Module 1 Welcome and introductions
- Module 2 Requirement for APQP
- Module 3 APQP Process – 1
- Project Planning
- Product Development
- Process Development
- Module 4 APQP Process – 2
- Product and Process Variation
- Production
- Lunch break
- Module 5 APQP Process – 3
- Module 6 PPAP – 1
- Module 7 PPAP – 2
- Compiling evidence
- Submitting requests for production approval
- Module 8 Changes in APQP 3rd Edition
- Course review
- Close
- initiate the APQP and PPAP processes within an organisation with an awareness of the scope and limitations of approval
- understand the levels of submission and evidence required
- interpret the requirements for APQP and PPAP in IATF 16949 and the need for these in business
Delegates who attend the course in full will also be awarded with a certificate of completion, evidencing their new understanding of APQP and PPAP.
