Advanced Product Quality Planning Control Plan (APQP CP) & Production Part Approval Process (PPAP) Training Course

Description

Companies that have implemented IATF16949 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 provides client organizations 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”. 

Objectives

Key session topics:

• Requirement for APQP CP and PPAP in IATF 16949

• Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP) phases

  • Plan and Define Program

  • Defining project scope and requirements

  • Product design and development

  • Process design and development

  • Product and process validation

  • Feedback, Assessment and Corrective Action

• Control Plan (CP)

  • Evaluation Process Flow for Developing Control Plan

  • Control Plan Development

• Production Part Approval (PPAP)

  • PPAP process and requirements

  • Scope and limitations of approval

Evaluation of evidence submitted

Ford phased PPAP requirements

Level of Submission and Evidence required

Parts submission warrant (PSW)

Supporting evidence

Materials data and use of IMDS database

Process capability

Audience

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.

APQP and PPAP principals are needed to ensure that an organization’s marketing brand image stays ahead of its competition. They are the foundation for any continual improvement effort to achieve faster, better and cheaper cycles for the organization. APQP and PPAP were originally designed for manufacturing organizations and cover the foundations of what every company needs to strive for in customer satisfaction.