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Preface
In the course of the globalization and digitization of the working world, a standard-
ized PPA procedure has become a key field of activities in quality management.
The constantly rising cost pressure with a simultaneously increasing risk for
scopes of supply, with respect to the level of maturity and quality of the products,
therefore require an efficient interplay between production process and product
approval.
The publication of the previous fifth edition in 2012 saw the fundamental restruc-
turing of the PPA procedure with the goal of describing the requirements for new
or modified scopes of supply of external and in-house origin.
This sixth 2020 edition reinforces the PPA agreement with the objective of aligning
on the scope, content, and schedule of the PPA procedure between the organiza-
tion and the customer.
The elimination of the submission levels accounts for the individual expectations of
the customers, the diversity of the products, and the number of possible docu-
ments.
Based on experiences from the past, the executive responsibility of the organiza-
tion for the preparation of applicable documents has received increased emphasis.
In addition, the self-assessment of the organization regarding product and produc-
tion process reduces the amount of documents to be submitted.
The modification of the approval levels, the integration of software, and the
harmonization of the deliverables for the PPA procedure with the PPAP process of
the AIAG represent further fundamental changes in this volume.
Table of contents
Preface5
1 Introduction 9
7 Special processes 31
8 Retention periods 33
11 Terms 36
1 Introduction
Samples for the PPA (initial samples) are products that have been manufactured
entirely with series production equipment under series conditions (see 6.1) as part
of the PPA.
Other samples (DIN 55350, Part 15) are products that have not been manufactured
entirely under series conditions. Other samples cannot be used for the PPA.
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