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Advanced Product Quality Planning and Control APQP Second Edition

 ADVANCED
PRODUCT QUALITY PLANNING
(APQP)
AND CONTROL PLAN

Reference Manual
Second Edition

Issued June 1994, Second Printing February 1995 (new cover only), Second Edition, July 2008
Copyright 1994, 1995, 2008
Chrysler Corporation, Ford Motor Company, and General Motors Corporation
ISBN: 978-1-60534-137-8

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 FOREWORD
Second Edition

Effective November 1, 2008, APQP and Control Plan Second Edition replaces APQP and Control Plan First
Edition unless otherwise specified by your customer.

APQP and Control Plan Second Edition includes:

incorporation of the customer focused process approach
updated terminology and concepts consistent with ISO/TS 16949 and other Chrysler, Ford and
General Motors core tool manuals
appropriate references to customer specifics provided without the full text

This manual continues to provide general guidelines for ensuring that Advanced Product Quality Planning is
implemented in accordance with the requirements of the customer. It does not give specific instructions on
how to arrive at each APQP or Control Plan entry, a task best left to each organization.

While these guidelines are intended to cover most situations normally occurring either in the early planning,
design phase, or process analysis, there will be questions that arise. These questions should be directed to
your authorized customer representative.

The Supplier Quality Requirements Task Force gratefully acknowledges the contributions of the following
individuals and their respective companies that participated in the revision process.

Bryan Book, Chrysler LLC, Chair

Russ Hopkins, Ford Motor Company
William Fick, General Motors Corporation
Robert Minkler, Delphi Corporation
Craig Williams, Eaton Corporation

This document is copyrighted by Chrysler LLC, Ford and General Motors, all rights reserved, 2008.
Additional copies can be ordered from AIAG at www.aiag.org. Organizations purchasing APQP Second
Edition have permission to copy any forms and/or checklists contained herein.

July 2008

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
FOREWORD................................................................................................................................................................ III
TABLE OF CONTENTS................................................................................................................................................ V
INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................................................................... 1
FUNDAMENTALS OF PRODUCT QUALITY PLANNING ....................................................................................................... 3
Organize the Team .................................................................................................................................................... 3
Define the Scope........................................................................................................................................................ 3
Team-to-Team ........................................................................................................................................................... 4
Training..................................................................................................................................................................... 4
Customer and Organization Involvement.................................................................................................................. 4
Simultaneous Engineering......................................................................................................................................... 4
Control Plans ............................................................................................................................................................ 4
Concern Resolution ................................................................................................................................................... 5
Product Quality Timing Plan .................................................................................................................................... 5
Plans Relative to the Timing Chart ........................................................................................................................... 5
CHAPTER I PLAN AND DEFINE PROGRAM .......................................................................................................... 7
INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................................................................... 9
1.1 Voice of the Customer ......................................................................................................................................... 9
1.2 Business Plan and Marketing Strategy.............................................................................................................. 11
1.3 Product/Process Benchmark Data .................................................................................................................... 11
1.4 Product/Process Assumptions ........................................................................................................................... 12
1.5 Product Reliability Studies................................................................................................................................ 12
1.6 Customer Inputs ................................................................................................................................................ 12
1.7 Design Goals ..................................................................................................................................................... 12
1.8 Reliability and Quality Goals............................................................................................................................ 12
1.9 Preliminary Bill of Material.............................................................................................................................. 12
1.10 Preliminary Process Flow Chart..................................................................................................................... 13
1.11 Preliminary Identification of Special Product and Process Characteristics................................................... 13
1.12 Product Assurance Plan.................................................................................................................................. 13
1.13 Management Support ...................................................................................................................................... 14
CHAPTER 2 PRODUCT DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT .................................................................................... 15
INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................................................................. 17
2.1 Design Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (DFMEA) ...................................................................................... 18
2.2 Design for Manufacturability and Assembly ..................................................................................................... 18
2.3 Design Verification ........................................................................................................................................... 19
2.4 Design Reviews ................................................................................................................................................. 19
2.5 Prototype Build - Control Plan ......................................................................................................................... 20
2.6 Engineering Drawings (Including Math Data) ................................................................................................. 20
2.7 Engineering Specifications................................................................................................................................ 21
2.8 Material Specifications...................................................................................................................................... 21
2.9 Drawing and Specification Changes ................................................................................................................. 21
2.10 New Equipment, Tooling and Facilities Requirements ................................................................................... 21
2.11 Special Product and Process Characteristics ................................................................................................. 21
2.12 Gages/Testing Equipment Requirements......................................................................................................... 22
2.13 Team Feasibility Commitment and Management Support .............................................................................. 22
CHAPTER 3 PROCESS DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT...................................................................................... 23
INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................................................................. 25
3.1 Packaging Standards and Specifications .......................................................................................................... 26

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 3.2 Product/Process Quality System Review........................................................................................................... 26
3.3 Process Flow Chart........................................................................................................................................... 26
3.4 Floor Plan Layout ............................................................................................................................................. 26
3.5 Characteristics Matrix ...................................................................................................................................... 27
3.6 Process Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (PFMEA) ..................................................................................... 27
3.7 Pre-Launch Control Plan.................................................................................................................................. 27
3.8 Process Instructions .......................................................................................................................................... 28
3.9 Measurement Systems Analysis Plan................................................................................................................. 28
3.10 Preliminary Process Capability Study Plan.................................................................................................... 29
3.11 Management Support ...................................................................................................................................... 29
CHAPTER 4 PRODUCT AND PROCESS VALIDATION....................................................................................... 31
INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................................................................. 33
4.1 Significant Production Run ............................................................................................................................... 34
4.2 Measurement Systems Analysis ......................................................................................................................... 34
4.3 Preliminary Process Capability Study .............................................................................................................. 34
4.4 Production Part Approval ................................................................................................................................. 35
4.5 Production Validation Testing .......................................................................................................................... 35
4.6 Packaging Evaluation ....................................................................................................................................... 35
4.7 Production Control Plan ................................................................................................................................... 35
4.8 Quality Planning Sign-Off and Management Support....................................................................................... 35
CHAPTER 5 FEEDBACK, ASSESSMENT AND CORRECTIVE ACTION ......................................................... 37
INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................................................................. 39
5.1 Reduced Variation............................................................................................................................................. 39
5.2 Improved Customer Satisfaction ....................................................................................................................... 40
5.3 Improved Delivery and Service ......................................................................................................................... 40
5.4 Effective Use of Lessons Learned/Best Practices.............................................................................................. 40
CHAPTER 6 CONTROL PLAN METHODOLOGY ................................................................................................ 41
INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................................................................. 43
6.1 Control Plan Column Descriptions ................................................................................................................... 47
6.2 Process Analysis................................................................................................................................................ 56
APPENDIX A PRODUCT QUALITY PLANNING CHECKLISTS ....................................................................... 71
APPENDIX B ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES ........................................................................................................ 88
Assembly Build Variation Analysis ......................................................................................................................... 89
Benchmarking ......................................................................................................................................................... 89
Cause and Effect Diagram ...................................................................................................................................... 89
Characteristics Matrix ............................................................................................................................................ 90
Critical Path Method............................................................................................................................................... 91
Design of Experiments (DOE)................................................................................................................................. 91
Design for Manufacturability and Assembly ........................................................................................................... 92
Design Verification Plan and Report (DVP&R) ..................................................................................................... 92
Mistake Proofing/Error-Proofing ........................................................................................................................... 92
Process Flow Charting............................................................................................................................................ 93
Quality Function Deployment (QFD) ..................................................................................................................... 93
APPENDIX C REFERENCE MATERIAL............................................................................................................... 95
APPENDIX D TEAM FEASIBILITY COMMITMENT ........................................................................................... 97
APPENDIX E PRODUCT QUALITY PLANNING SUMMARY AND APPROVALS .......................................... 99
APPENDIX F GLOSSARY......................................................................................................................................... 102
APPENDIX G INDEX ................................................................................................................................................ 105

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