Course Information

APQP: Advanced Product Quality Planning Training

Learners will be able to:

Use the NEW 2024 APQP Guidelines (following the AIAG 3rd Edition Reference Manual) when designing and developing new products.
Apply quality improvement tools and techniques throughout the APQP process.
Explain how PPAP is used to communicate product quality status to customers.

APQP: Advanced product Quality Training Online

About This Course

The Advanced Product Quality Planning course consists of seven lessons and a self-assessment test (called a Challenge.) This Reference Guide recaps the key points of the content for the course.

The initial lesson provides an overview of the APQP process, focusing on Phase 0: Preparation (Program Concept and Initiation Phase). The next five lessons cover the five primary phases of APQP, and the final and last lesson recaps the full process.

APQP stands for Advanced Product Quality Planning. The Automotive Industry Action Group (www.aiag.org) developed the methodology. Note: Our course is intended as a supplement, not a replacement, for the AIAG APQP Reference Manual, Third Edition.

The Advanced Quality Planning Process was originated to provide a common, standardized process for planning, developing, and communicating the requirements and status of new products and services between suppliers and their customers. The Advanced Product Quality Planning course is intended to help practitioners understand the APQP process and apply it to the development of new products and their corresponding processes.

Details

Price: See Pricing

Type of Course: Master Course (1 Training Credit/Learner)

Certificate of Completion: Yes

Continuing Education Units: 0.6 CEU’s/RU’s

Time to Complete: Approximately 6.0 Hours

Audience: Engineers, Quality Professionals, Managers

Prerequisites:

Mistake-Proofing or Error-Proofing or the equivalent understanding of the difference between fixing problems after they happen and preventing problems from happening in the first place.

Languages:

English (EN-US)
Chinese (simplified) (ZH)
Czech (CS)
French (FR)
German (DE)
Italian (IT)
Japanese (no audio) (JA)
Korean (no audio) (KO)
Polish (PL)
Portuguese (Brazilian) (PT-BR)
Romanian RO)
Russian (RU)
Spanish (ES)
Vietnamese (no audio) (VI)

Objectives

Course Objectives

Explain the purpose of the APQP process and use the sequential phases of the APQP process.
Be aware of techniques used to identify the VOC (Voice of the Customer.)
Understand how Design-FMEAs can help reduce risks in the design phase and Process-FMEAs can help reduce process related risks.
Be familiar with a Design Verification Plan and Report.
Understand the progress of Control Plans from Prototype to Pre-Launch to Production Phases.
Understand how Engineering Change Requests generate vital documentation.
Be familiar with the Production Part Approval Process (PPAP).
Know about tools and techniques that are used to continuously improve both the product and its corresponding process.
Be aware of the Gated Management process, which requires leadership to sign off on each APQP phase before it is considered complete.

Outline

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Course Outline

Lesson 1 | Overview of APQP

Explain the purpose of the APQP process.
Describe the five phases of the APQP process.
Understand the steps necessary to prepare for APQP

Lesson 2 | Phase 1: Plan and Define

Describe the purpose and objectives of Phase 1.
Explain how customer needs and expectations can be translated into a value-added (and competitive) offering.
Become familiar with the design, reliability and quality goals of Phase 1.

Lesson 3 | Phase 2: Product Design and Development

The design of the product is fleshed out.
After the design is verified, a prototype is built, specifications developed and inputs for the process design are generated.

Lesson 4 | Phase 3: Process Design and Development

Describe how the conceptual product direction from Phase 1 is formalized into a detailed design.
Become familiar with how compiled outputs of Phase 2 become the foundation for a comprehensive design of the process.

Lesson 5 | Phase 4: Product and Process Validation

Describe the information and data needed to develop a detailed design of the process.
Become familiar with how the detailed process design will set the stage for product and process validation.

Lesson 6 | Phase 5: Feedback Assessment & Corrective Action

Describe how inputs are collected and complied for improving the product and process.
Explain techniques reducing common cause variation, addressing customer satisfaction issues, improving delivery and service issues and applying lessons learned.

Lesson 7 | Recap of the APQP process

Review a summary of the major elements and benefits of the APQP process.

Challenge

An assessment of the learner’s progress in this course.

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