Items Tagged with 'Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP)'

Well-executed Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP) is a cornerstone of most successful product launches across a wide spectrum of manufacturing companies today. 

Jennifer Gray is the senior manager of global supplier quality at Spirit AeroSystems and is very involved with the International Aerospace Quality Group or IAQG. She will also be speaking at the ASSEMBLY Show this month.

Transform aerospace quality with Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP). Foster collaboration, identify risks early, and enhance supplier performance.

In today's tech-driven world, companies use software to collect data, but the analysis can be flawed. Charts with only specification limits, arbitrarily chosen warning and action limits, and misused Process Behavior Charts contribute to misinterpretation.

Starting March 1, 2024, a standalone Control Plan Reference Manual will maintain linkages between core tools under APQP, providing more guidance for creating and using control plans.

Earlier this year, AIAG released updated APQP and Control Plan reference guides, available at www.aiag.org. This release includes the stand-alone control plan document for completing control plans.