Understanding Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP)

Course 0108 - 2 Days - 1.4 CEUs

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Key Session Topics
  • Developing and understanding customer requirements
  • Control Plan development
  • What are the APQP process steps?
  • Quality Function Deployment (QFD)
  • Design for manufacturing
  • Multidisciplinary team development
  • Failure Mode and Effect Analysis (FMEA)
  • Root cause analysis
  • Statistical tools such as CpK, PpK
  • Predicting theoretical process yield
  • Relationship of APQP to core quality tools (i.e. MSA, FMEA, SPC, PPAP)



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Course Objectives
To discuss the requirements of Advanced Product Quality Planning Process (APQP) and to determine the most effective plan-of-action for your organization for the implementation of APQP.

Course Outline
Automotive suppliers are required to demonstrate the use of appropriate advanced planning techniques in the development of new products and processes. These techniques are clearly organized in the Advanced Product Quality Planning and Control Plan manual.

This SAI Global course enables the attendees to understand the APQP requirements and what should be done to comply. Additionally, they will come away understanding that when properly applied, these tools can decrease the time needed to get a product to market, increase profitability and lower total product development costs through effective product / process design techniques.

Who Should Attend
  • Manufacturing Managers
  • Manufacturing Engineering Managers
  • Quality/Reliability Managers and Engineers