APQP PROCESS FLOW
Prepare for Plan and Define Product Design Process Design Product and Feedback,
APQP Program and and Process Assessment and
Development Development Validation Corrective Action
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• Organize the • Voice of the • Design Goals • Design Failure • Packaging • Production Trial • Reduced Variation
Team Customer Mode and Effects Standards Run
• Reliability and • Customer
Analysis (DFMEA)
• Define the Scope • Business Quality Goals • Product/Process • Measurement Satisfaction
Plan/Marketing • Design for Quality System Systems
• Establish Team-to- • Preliminary Bill of • Delivery and
Strategy Manufacturability and Review Evaluation
Team Material Service
Assembly
Communication • Product/Process • Process Flow Chart • Preliminary
• Preliminary
Benchmark Data • Design Verification Process Capability
• Provide Core Process Flow Chart • Floor Plan Layout
Study
Tools Training • Product/Process • Design Reviews
• Preliminary Listing • Characteristics
Assumptions • Production Part
• Involve Customers
and Suppliers • Product Reliability
Studies
of Special Product
and Process
Characteristics
• Prototype Build –
Control Plan
Matrix
• Process Failure
Approval
• Production
MSA
• Implement • Engineering Mode and Effects
Validation Testing
Simultaneous • Customer Inputs • Product Drawings (Including Analysis (PFMEA)
Engineering Assurance Plan Math Data) • Packaging
• Pre-Launch Control
Evaluation
• Develop Control • Management • Engineering Plan
Plan Format Support Specifications • Production
• Process Instructions
Control Plan
• Decide on • Material
• Measurement
Concern Resolution Specifications • Quality Planning
Systems Analysis
Sign-Off and
• Develop Product • Drawing and Plan
Management
Quality Timing Plan Specification Changes
• New Equipment,
Tooling and Facilities
• Preliminary
Process Capability
Study Plan
Support
PPAP
Requirements
• Packaging
• Special Product and Specifications
FMEA Process
Characteristics
• Management
Support
• Gages/Testing
Equipment
Requirements
• Team Feasibility
SPC
Commitment and
Management Support
APQP 1
