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Advanced Product Quality Planning (A.P.Q.P.). Advanced Product Quality Planning & Control Plan (APQP) Second Edition July 2008. Product Quality Planning Cycle. Product Quality Planning Timing Chart. Why Revise APQP?).
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Advanced Product Quality Planning(A.P.Q.P.) Advanced Product QualityPlanning & Control Plan (APQP)Second Edition July 2008
Why Revise APQP?) • Only core tools manual that had not been updated since publication of ISO/TS 16949 • Limited revision to update the concepts and terminology - Compatibility with ISO/TS 16949 (1st Edition referenced QS-9000 - Current practices in Automotive industry
What Has Not Changed • Basic structure and timing • Control Plan forms and methodology • Fundamentals of Quality Planning
Summary of Changes in the APQP Reference Document • Clarification and Editorial • Consistent Terminology with ISO/TC 16949 and Focus on Customer • Update to Current Practices • General Review of Checklists and Forms • Removal of Customer Specific Info.
Clarification and Editorial • Changes to the document to clarify concepts and terminology • Recognize changes in commonly used terminology in the industry • Improve flow and readability
Consistent Terminology with TS and Focus on Customer Examples include: • Terms for “organization and supplier” • Alignment with PPAP - Significant Production Run • “Monitoring and Measuring” Devices • Voice of the Customer as focus element • Reference to Customer Specific Requirements for additional Guidance
Update to Current Practices Emphasis and additional details on: • Effective use of Lessons Learned • Aligned with the Process Approach • Error Proofing/ Mistake Proofing • First time Quality • Drawings and Visual Standards • Measurement System Analysis • Pass-through Characteristics
General Review of Checklist & Forms • Rephrased some questions to give clarity and remove ambiguity • Added a column for “N/A” since :yes/no” are not always appropriate • Question structure updated to reflect current practices • Addressed all requirements of PPAP
Removed Customer Specific Information • Removal of the Dynamic Control Plan section (to be included in Customer Specifics) • Removed customer specific notation on special characteristics and replaced with references to Customer Specific Requirement documents