Apqp documents checklist
Use this apqp documents checklist to complete all advanced product quality planning requirements. start by reviewing the voice of the customer, lessons-learned database, and quality policy. define the project goals by establishing priorities, design, quality and reliability goals, and management support. finally, carry out all product and process design, development, and validation procedures and apply feedback, assessments and corrective actions for continuous improvement.
What does this form include?
This form contains 8 sections:
Pre-Planning
- Voice of the customer
- Review quality policy, business plans, and marketing plans
- Review lessons learned database
- Product and process benchmark
- Product and process assumptions
- Product reliability studies
- Customer-specific requirements
- Establish priorities (KPIs)
Planning and Project Definition
- Define project goals
- Customer purchase order
- Drawings
- Design goals
- Quality goals
- Reliability goals
- Preliminary bill of material (initial BOM)
- Preliminary process flow chart
- Preliminary list of special product and process characteristics
- Product assurance plan
- Project team selection and kick-off plan
- Management support
Product Design and Development
- Design failure mode and effects analysis
- Design for manufacturing and assembly
- Design verification
- Design reviews
- Prototype build-control plan
- Engineering drawings (including math data)
- Engineering specifications
- Drawing and specification changes
- Change control for drawings
- New equipment, tooling and facilities requirements
- Consensus on key/critical product and process characteristics
- Gages/testing equipment requirements
- Team feasibility commitment and management support
Process Design and Development
- Product/process quality system review
- Floor plan layout (from incoming to shipping)
- PFMEA (process failure mode effects analysis)
- Process flow chart
- Characteristics matrix (significant and critical)
- Pre-launch control plan
- Process instructions
- Measurement system analysis plan
- Preliminary process capability study plan
- Packaging standards
- Packaging specifications
Product and Process Validation
- Production trial run
- Measurement systems evaluation
- Preliminary process capability study
- Production Part Approval (PPAP)
- Production validation testing
- Packaging evaluation
- Production control plan
- Quality planning sign-off and management support
Launch and Continuous Improvement
- Feedback
- Assessments
- Corrective Actions
- Reduced variation
- Improved customer satisfaction
- Improved delivery performance
- Effective use of lessons learned
- Meet internal and external timing
- Management review
Additional Recommendations
Name & Signature of Project Manager
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