ADVANCED PRODUCT

QUALITY PLANNING BODY OF KNOWLEDGE

APQP & PPAP
(APQP) & 1. Overview of APQP
 Introduction
PRODUCTION PART  Fundamentals of Product Quality Planning
2. APQP Steps
APPROVAL PROCESS  Plan and Define program
 Product Design and Development
(PPAP)  Process Design and Development
Two Day Work Shop  Product and Process Validation
Presented By  Feedback, assessment and corrective action
(TGW,TGR)
CTRI 3. CONTROL PLAN
CT Research Institute  Prototype, Prelaunch and Production control
Research and Training wing of plan
Western Thomson Group.  Detailed description of Control plan
4. PPAP
 Overview
 Significant production run
 PPAP requirements (18 documents)
 Submission levels
COURSE OBJECTIVE
 PPAP status
Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP) is a
5. Overview of QFD
structured methodology used to develop new products,
especially in automotive industry. The purpose of this TRAINING METHODOLOGY
methodology is to make a product quality plan which  Lecture & Presentations
will support development of a product or service that  Practical examples
will satisfy the customer. APQP facilitates  Case studies
communication with everyone involved in the product  Work practice
development process to assure that all steps are
completed in an appropriate manner on time. This
would result in providing a quality product to the
customer on time at the lowest cost. The Production
part approval process (PPAP) is part of APQP that
defines a procedure to ensure that the manufacturing
process has the potential to produce products
consistently to meet all the specifications and
requirements during actual production run.

In this work shop, both APQP and PPAP are explained

step by step with examples. This workshop would help
the participants to understand APQP and PPAP concepts
clearly and apply them effectively in their work place for
new product and process development.