Course Outline

Day 1

• Overview the needs and background of the core tools.
• The Linkages with IATF 16949.
• Customer requirements and Customer Specific requirements.
• APQP process, phases of APQP.
• The linkages of APQP and Design process.
• Project Management, Project schedule, project goals , Process Flow chart , layout assessment , Prototype control plan , team feasible commitment , control plan methodology and etc

Day 2

• FMEA ( PFMEA / DFMEA)
• The linkage with control plan, risk assessment and FMEA methodology , severity , occurrence, detection
• RPN and priority methodology as per FEMA VDA Handbook special characteristics, symbols and etc

Day 3

• Statistical Process control
• concepts of variation , special cause, common causes, data types and related charts ( variables and Attribute),
• control charts methodology, concepts of process capability
• Cpk Vs Ppk and etc.
• action on abnormality and special causes identified.
• Weakness of monitoring charts.

Day 4

• Overview of the measurement as processes
• the variation in measurements ( common and special causes)
• variable data and attribute data
• concepts of Accuracy, readability/resolution, stability , linearity, precision and etc
• conducting MSA by short and long method of R & R , ndc and etc
• attribute MSA and acceptance criteria
• Brief discussion on calibration.

Day 5

• brief concepts of PPAP, level of PPAP
• changes and notification of PPAP, records required by PPAP
• Significant production run . Sign off. Continual improvement and variation improvement.
• Revision , discussion on the project of mock PPAP submission
• Written examination