Advanced Product Quality Planning C1886
Topics: Quality, Safety & Maintenance
This course is verified by Probitas as meeting the AS9104/3A requirements for Continuing Professional Development.
Advanced product quality planning (APQP) is essential to improving the way companies develop products and services. It is a standardized, universally accepted fundamental business strategy. This strategy is applicable to all types of organizations including manufacturing and service companies, schools, hospitals, and governmental agencies. The aim of APQP is to enable the organization to produce products and provide services focused on satisfying customer’s needs, wants, and expectations. Following this standardized approach promotes the integration of design, development and implementation activities with those of suppliers and customers. As a standardized methodology it is recognized as a strategy for meeting the ISO9001: 2015 (Quality Management System Standard) product realization clauses. The IATF16949:2016 (Automotive Industry Quality Management System Standard) goes one step further making APQP a specified requirement. The Automotive Industry Action Group (AIAG) identifies and documents the process for APQP and the related manual is the standard for APQP.
This course provides a basic foundation for implementing and working with the APQP process. The course defines the process, identifies the phases and the key deliverables for each phase. The course is based upon the AIAG defined process and manual. Templates and process steps are explained. In addition to templates and deliverables the course identifies and explains basic Quality tools used in the APQP Process such as Quality Function Deployment (QFD) and Robust Design. A highly interactive case study with appropriate student exercise activities is employed to demonstrate key concepts. Alternatively a company specific case can be employed for in-house courses.
Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to:
- Define the need for (APQP) and describe how APQP sets the stage for all subsequent business activities aimed at creating and producing products/services that consistently meet or exceed customer expectations
- Identify the phases of the APQP process
- List the key deliverables for each phase of the APQP process and identify how, at a high level to produce the deliverables
- Identify when and how to use traditional quality tools within the APQP process
- Introduce the use of project management techniques to guide the process
- More effectively fulfill their role(s) within their organization’s APQP efforts
Who Should Attend
Any job role that is traditionally involved with the APQP process such as:
- Product engineers and designers
- Program managers
- Manufacturing and process development engineers
- Quality personnel
- Validation engineers
- R&D personnel
- Department heads associated with above job roles
- Senior management
Prerequisites
Participants should have a minimum of 6 months basic experience in product/process engineering and development activities, or participants expecting a future assignment in this area.
You must complete all course contact hours and successfully pass the learning assessment to obtain CEUs.
Curtis Pawloski
Curt Pawloski is President/Senior Consultant for Integral Operations, Inc. Since 1995 he has been consulting and training based on his expertise in; project management, geometric dimensioning and tolerancing, process and quality improvement, problem solving, and quality system development and implementation. Mr. Pawloski has helped auto industry OEMs and numerous supplier organizations prepare or improve their Quality Systems, facilitated the writing of quality procedures and work instructions, and consulted on implementation of quality systems. In addition, he was the leader of a team to develop a comprehensive Project Management training and certification system for Volkswagen's IT function. Mr. Pawloski has led hundreds of seminars and consulting sessions for the SAE covering the applications of GD&T and a wide array of Quality topics. Mr. Pawloski is also an Adjunct Faculty Member at Oakland Community College, Delta College, and Midlands Technical College. His focus over the last two decades is on improving business processes and human performance through training, consulting and leveraging the use of the best tools possible. He is a board member and past member of the year for the Saginaw Valley Section of the American Society for Quality. He has a B.S.ChE from the University of Michigan, a Graduate Certificate in Hazardous Materials Management/Chemical Engineering from Wayne State University, and an M.B.A. from Wayne State University.
Certifications:
- American Society for Quality Certified Quality Engineer
- ASME Certified Senior GD&T Professional
