Advanced product quality planning

1. Advanced Product Quality Planning
(APQP)
• A Structured Method for Product and Process
Quality
• Presented by: [Your Name]
• Date: [Presentation Date]

2. What is APQP?
• • APQP = Advanced Product Quality Planning
• • A framework of procedures and techniques
• • Ensures product quality and performance
meet customer expectations
• • Developed by AIAG for the automotive
industry

3. Objectives of APQP
• • Ensure customer requirements are
understood and met
• • Facilitate communication and collaboration
• • Identify and mitigate risks early
• • Improve product and process quality
• • Reduce time to market

4. When is APQP Used?
• • New product development
• • Significant changes to existing products
• • Launch of new production locations
• • Complex or high-risk products and processes

5. APQP Phases (5 Phases)
• 1. Plan and Define Program
• 2. Product Design and Development
• 3. Process Design and Development
• 4. Product and Process Validation
• 5. Feedback, Assessment, and Corrective
Action

6. Phase 1: Plan and Define Program
• • Understand customer needs and
expectations
• • Define scope, objectives, and team
• • Identify key deliverables and timing
• • Tools: Voice of the Customer (VOC), QFD,
Business Plan

7. Phase 2: Product Design and
Development
• • Develop design concepts and prototypes
• • Perform DFMEA (Design Failure Mode
Effects Analysis)
• • Design verification and reviews
• • Tools: Design Reviews, DFMEA, DVP&R

8. Phase 3: Process Design and
Development
• • Develop manufacturing process flow
• • Create PFMEA (Process Failure Mode Effects
Analysis)
• • Define control plan and process instructions
• • Tools: PFMEA, Control Plan, Process Flow
Diagrams

9. Phase 4: Product and Process
Validation
• • Validate production processes through trial
runs
• • Conduct measurement system analysis
(MSA)
• • Perform capability studies (Cp, Cpk)
• • Submit PPAP for customer approval

10. Phase 5: Feedback, Assessment,
and Corrective Action
• • Evaluate production performance
• • Monitor for customer feedback and issues
• • Apply lessons learned to improve future
projects
• • Drive continuous improvement

11. APQP Core Tools
• • FMEA (Failure Mode and Effects Analysis)
• • MSA (Measurement System Analysis)
• • SPC (Statistical Process Control)
• • Control Plan
• • PPAP (Production Part Approval Process)

12. Benefits of APQP
• • Reduces product development time and
costs
• • Improves product and process quality
• • Enhances customer satisfaction
• • Promotes cross-functional teamwork
• • Minimizes late changes and defects

13. Challenges in APQP
Implementation
• • Lack of cross-functional collaboration
• • Inadequate risk management
• • Poor documentation and planning
• • Resistance to change
• • Insufficient training and resources

14. Best Practices
• • Engage teams early and maintain
communication
• • Focus on preventive quality
• • Use data-driven decision making
• • Keep documentation up-to-date
• • Embrace continuous improvement

15. Summary
• • APQP is critical for ensuring quality in
product development
• • Consists of 5 structured phases
• • Involves cross-functional teams and quality
tools
• • Supports risk management and continuous
improvement

16. Questions & Discussion
• • Open floor for questions
• • Share experiences with APQP
implementation