Companies that have implemented IATF/TS 16949 may use Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP) to ensure that their products and production processes meet the market requirements and customer expectations. The Production Part Approval Process (PPAP) provides client organisations with the evidence required to show that – “All customer engineering design record and specification requirements are properly understood by the supplier and that the process has the potential to consistently produce products meeting those requirements during an actual production run”.
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- The business need for APQP and PPAP processes
- The requirement for APQP and PPAP in IATF/TS 16949
- Overview of APQP process
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- 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
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- Parts submission warrant
- Supporting evidence
- Materials data and use of IMDS database
- Process capability
Additional Core Tools relating to the Automotive industry include: Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA); Measurement Systems Analysis (MSA); Statistical Process Control (SPC).
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- Engineers and engineering managers responsible for developing and managing supply chain relationships
- Design, manufacturing and quality engineers involved in the preparation, submission or evaluation of PPAP documentation
- Interpret the requirements for APQP and PPAP in IATF/TS 16949 and the need for these in business.
- 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.