Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP)
Course Information
Course: APQP
Course Location and Dates
Course Description
This course provides a step by step overview of the APQP process as well as reviewing the engineering tools required at each step to translate customer wants and expectations into concern-free end products.
Target Audience
New Product Launch Team Members ie: Management and Technical personnel from Product Design, Program Management, Quality & Manufacturing Engineering, Production Operations, Purchasing, Sales and Marketing.
How You Will Benefit
- Reduces design / development and production cost.
- Assures team input and buyoff.
- Leads teams to focus on customer satisfaction throughout the entire launch process.
Course Content
- Describes the different phases of the APQP process.
- Identifies the inputs and output deliverables required by various new program team members.
- Learn how to effectively use the applicable tools and when to use them throughout the APQP process.
- Learn the applicable customer requirements as outlined within the APQP manual developed by Daimler Chrysler, Ford, and General Motors and published by the Automotive Industrial Action Group (AIAG).
Course Length
4 days training with workshop
