Course Information
APQP: Advanced Product Quality Planning for Automotive
Learners will be able to:
- Use the AIAG APQP 3rd Edition Guidelines 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.
About This Course
APQP stands for Advanced Product Quality Planning. AIAG, the Automotive Industry Action Group (www.aiag.org), developed the APQP methodology to assure a standardized process for planning, developing, and communicating the requirements and status of new products throughout the automotive supply chain. The APQP process results in stronger relationships between suppliers and their customers resulting in reduced waste, lower costs and improved product quality. This APQP Advanced Product Quality Planning online training course will help practitioners use the latest version of the APQP process following the requirements in the AIAG APQP 3rd edition, applying the tools and concepts to the development of new products and the processes that make them.
The Advanced Product Quality Planning course consists of seven lessons and a self-assessment test (called a Challenge). Upon completion of the training, learners will be able to participate and contribute to the APQP process in their organization.
The initial lesson provides an overview of the AIAG APQP 3rd Edition process, focusing on Phase 0: Preparation (the Program Concept and Initiation Phase). The next five lessons cover the five primary phases of APQP process, and the final lesson recaps the the key points throughout the process. Competency is demonstrated with the successful completion of the Challenge. The training comes with a downloadable Reference Guide that recaps the key points of the content for the course.
Note: Our course is intended as a supplement, not a replacement, for the AIAG APQP 3rd Edition Reference Manual. There is also an APQP course specific to the aerospace industry and one for general industry.
- 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.
- 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)
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.
Course Outline
Lesson 1 | Overview of AIAG APQP 3rd Edition
- 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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Comments from Learners About This Course
- Very Nice Course. All material is explained in very simple manner.
- Excellent overall view of the APQP Process.
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