ADVANCED PRODUCT QUALITY PLANNING

What is APQP ? Phases of APQP

£ APQP - “ADVANCED PRODUCT QUALITY PLANNING” 1. Plan & Define Programme
2. Process Design & Development
£ APQP is defined “process” for a product development 3. Product & Process Development and Verification
“system’’ 4. Product & Process Validation
5. Feed Back Assessment & Corrective Action
£ APQP is an attempt to provide a common path and
synchronization of product development activities 2. Process Design &
1. Plan & Define Programme Development
£ Collecting Customer Packaging Std. Product / Process
£ Customer input Requirements Review /Spec. £ Quality System Review
£ Meeting Identifying voice of customer £ Process Flow Chart
£ Historical Warranty & Quality £ Floor Plan Layout
£ Product / Process Bench Mark Data Product/ £ PFMEA
Process Assumption £ Pre-Launch Control Plan
£ Risk Assessment £ Process Instructions / Control Sheets
£ Design Goals (Tooling) £ MSA Plan
£ Reliability & Quality Goals £ Preparing Packing Specification
£ Preliminary Bill of Materials
£ Preliminary Process Flow Diagram
£ Preliminary listing of special Charateristics
4.Product & Process Validation
3. Product & Process £ Trial & Modification / Tool Setting, T ' 0 ' Sample
T ' 1 ' Sample
Development and Verification £
£ Production Trial Run
£ Design FMEA, Prototype Control Plan £ Part Inspection
£ Ref. Engineering Drawing £ MSA Evaluation
£ Engineering Specification £ PPAP Submission
£ Materials Specification £ Production Validation Testing
£ Drawings & Specification Changes (ECN) £ Packaging Evaluation
£ New Equipment & Tooling Required £ Review of process FMEA
£ Gauges & Testing Equipment £ Production Control Plan
£ Team Feasibility Commitment £ Quality Planning & Summary Sign – off

5. Feed Back Assessment & APQP Requirements

Corrective Action £ APQP Timing chart
£ Reduced Variation £ APQP checklist
£ Customer satisfaction £ List of shop wise cross functional team
£ Delivery & Service £ Check sheet for customer return/Historical warranty and
Concept
Initiation/Approval
Program
Approval Prototype
quality information
Pilot Lunch
£ Historical data of similar products
£ Bench mark product process assumption
Planning Planning £ Bill of material
£ List of special product, process characteristics
Process Design & £ Product assurance plan
Development £ Check sheet for material specification
Process Design & £ MSA Plan
Development £ New equipment tooling & gauges
Product & Process £ Team feasibility commitment
Validation £ Product/Process quality system review
£ Process Flow Chart
Production £ PFMEA
£ Pre Feasibility Report
Feedback Assesment and Corrective Action £ Control Plan
£ Quality planning Summary Sign off
Plan & Define Process Design Feedback Assessment
Program
2
and Development
4 and corrective Action £ APQP review meeting
Product Design 5
1
and Development
velification Product and £ Preliminary Process Capabilities Plan
3 Process Validation
Verification £ Check sheet drawing & engineering performance