Introduction to Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP)

Kód kurzu: PD530908ON

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To become a preferred supplier in the automotive industry, organizations must demonstrate high-level engineering and organizational capabilities that will meet customers“ needs today and tomorrow. Because the outcome of a product development project may determine whether or not an organization procures a purchase order or contract from a global automotive customer, Introduction to Advanced Product Quality Planning provides an overview of the best practices / methodologies for planning and managing the successful launch of a new product.

The benefits of a successful new product launch are recognized by both global automotive customers and suppliers. There are thousands of great inspirations and great ideas each year, but the difficult task that so many organizations struggle with is how to take those ideas and develop them into a viable product design, and then manufacture the designed product, and then distribute and sell the product. An understanding of the Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP) process, the management of the process, and the implementation of the process is critical to the product development multi-disciplinary team which includes top management, the project manager, product engineering, process engineering, design and development, manufacturing, quality, and purchasing personnel.

Objectives

By participating in this on-demand course, you\’ll be able to:

• Explain what APQP is, including its purpose and the goals of an effective APQP process
• Identify the impacts and benefits that an effective APQP process has on both the customer and the supplier
• Describe how an APQP process can be integrated into an organization\’s business management system
• Describe the contents of a \’Master Plan\‘ for new product introduction, which includes an outline of the inputs and outputs of the various phases of the APQP process
• Explain how APQP leads to continual improvement for the organization and for customer satisfaction