Course Information
APQP for General Industry
Learners will be able to:
- Apply quality improvement tools and techniques throughout the APQP process.
- Understand how Design-FMEAs can help reduce risks in the design phase, and Process-FMEAs can help reduce process-related risks.
- Explain how PPAP is used to communicate product quality status to customers.
About This Course
The Advanced Quality Planning Process (APQP) provides a common, standardized process for planning, developing, and communicating the requirements and status of new products and services between suppliers and their customers. The APQP for General Industry course will help practitioners understand the APQP process and apply it to the development of new products and their corresponding processes.
NOTE: Take APQP for Automotive or APQP for Aerospace if you are in those industries.
- 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.
- Describe the five phases of the APQP process.
- Understand how to prepare for an APQP effort.
- 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 sequential progress of Control Plans from Prototype to Pre-Launch to Production Phases.
- Understand how Engineering Change Requests generate vital documentation.
- Be familiar with a Team Feasibility Checklist (to conclude Phase 2.)
- Know the importance of Measurement System Analyses and a Preliminary Process Capability studies in evaluating the process and product output.
- Be familiar with the Production Part Approval Process.
- Be acquainted with a Quality Planning Sign-Off (that confirms completion of Phases 1 through 4).
- Know about tools and techniques that are used to continuously improve both the product it’s corresponding process.
Course Outline
Lesson 1 | Overview of the APQP Process
- 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 | Importance of Control Plans
- Review the importance of Control Plans as part 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.
- This class was fantastic!
- Amazing Training. Congratulations QualityTrainingPortal.
- Great course that provides a clear overview of APQP process!
- Very good .. filled all knowledge gaps.
You may also be interested in…
- PPAP Training – A Targeted Training Course on the Production Part Approval Process.
- Basic SPC – Comprehensive training in how to implement statistical process control including setting up control charts and conducting process capability studies.
- FMEA Training – Complete online training in how to conduct Design and Process FMEAs and to reduce high Risk Priority Numbers, how to customize FMEAs for a specific business and how to maintain improved processes using a control plan.
- Measurement Systems Analysis – Comprehensive training in how to statistically measure the accuracy and reliability of measurement systems.
- Control Plans – This course teaches practitioners how to create and apply effective Control Plans by exploring their purpose, role in the Quality Planning Cycle, connection to APQP phases, and best practices for implementation.
