Advanced Product Quality Planning | APQP
Advanced Product Quality Planning or APQP is a quality framework used for developing new products in the automotive industry. Advanced Product Quality Planning can be applied to any industry. and its purpose is “To produce a product advanced quality planning which will support the development of a product or service that will satisfy to the customer.”
Course Objective
Complex products and supply chains present plenty of possibilities for failure, especially when new products are being launched. Advanced Product Quality Planning is a structured process aimed at ensuring customer satisfaction with new products or processes.
There are numerous tools and techniques described within APQP. Each tool has potential value when applied at the correct timing. Tools that have the greatest impact on product and process success are called the Core Tools.
Who Should Attend
- Management Representatives
- Quality Managers & Executive
- Supplier Development Managers
- Supplier Quality Assurance Mgrs
- Production Managers
- NPD Managers
Benefits of Attending
APQP is a structured method of designing a system that ensures that a product satisfies the customer.
The Advanced Product Quality Planning process consists of four phases and five major activities along with ongoing feedback assessment and corrective action.
APQP training will help the participants to
- Understand customer needs
- Take Proactive feedback & corrective action
- Design within process capabilities
- Analyze & mitigate failure modes
- Conduct Verification & validation
- Assess and Design reviews
- Control special/critical characteristics
Ford Motor Company published the first Advanced Product Quality Planning handbook for suppliers in the early 1980’s. APQP helped Ford suppliers develop appropriate prevention and detection controls for new products supporting the corporate quality effort.
300+ Participants from 20+ automotive companies have attended APQP training.
Training Outline
1. Introduction to Advanced Product Quality Planning
– History of APQP and how it was evolved
– Applicability of APQP
– Benefits and Examples
2. APQP Phases -Brief intro to Phases
– Plan and Define the program
– Product Design and development
– Process Design and development
– Product and Process validation
– Feedback assessment and corrective action
3. Plan & Define Program
– Design Goal, Quality & Reliability Goal
– Preliminary Process Flow
– Special Products and Process
– Product Assurance Plan
4. Product Design and Development
– Design Verification and Review
– DFMEA Prototype Build
– Engineering Drawing and Specs Drawing and Specs Change
– Equipment, Tooling, Facilities, Sp Product
– Prototype Control Plan
– Gauge Requirements
5. Process Design and Development
– Packaging standards
– Product/process quality system review
– Floor plan layout
– Process flow chart Characteristics matrix
– PFMEA (process failure mode effects analysis)
– Pre-launch control plan
– Process instructions
– Measurement system analysis plan
– Preliminary process capability study plan
– Packaging specifications
– Management support
6. Product and Process Validation
– Production trial run
– Measurement systems evaluation Preliminary process capability study
– Production Part Approval Process (PPAP)
– Production validation testing Packaging evaluation
– Production control plan Quality planning sign-off and management support
7. Feedback, Assessment & Corrective Action
– Reduced variation
– Customer satisfaction
– Documentation and service
Training Deliverables
GROUP EXERCISE
PAIR EXERCISE
CASE STUDIES
INDIVIDUAL EXERCISE
PROJECT SELECTION
POWER POINT
VIDEO DEMO
RELEVENT TESTS
SITE VISITS
ROLE PLAYS
Feedback From Past Participants
Our approach toward Quality has changed a lot. The results are visible when the OEM customers appreciated our quality rating.
This session is highly recommended for all manages to develop a more structured approach towards quality.
The real-time examples shared by the trainer are very useful as we could relate to what we were doing back in our company.