Automotive Core Tools – Product Launch (APQP)
This five-day session focuses on skill building for product launch and product management throughout the Automotive Supply Chain. The full course (covering all modules) has been designed to satisfy the following objectives:
Meeting Customer Specific Requirements for launch and ongoing production activities
Demonstrating core competencies of a multi-disciplinary design team for product launch and ongoing production activities
Simulation of potential product field failures
Simulation of potential process weaknesses or lack of capability
Practicing measurement system studies
Meeting product design skill requirements within IATF 16949
Meeting competency requirements to conduct Supplier Quality Audits and
Preparing to take the AIAG Core Tool Assessment Exam
Intended for practitioners, each module is focused on how to use the Automotive Core Tools. A combination of presentations (PPT), visuals (Graphs, Charts, Videos) and interactive group activities (Case Study, Discussion) ensures that this in-depth session is hands-on.
When held in-house, the Case Study and Presentations have been customized for either Bulk Suppliers or Mechanical Suppliers ensuring that the application of each Automotive Core Tool is relevant to the Supplier, their processes, and their product.
Who Should Attend this Course?
1. Engineering:
Process Engineers
Quality Engineers
Product Design Engineers
Supplier Quality Engineers
2. Quality:
Q.C. / Q.A. Technicians
Quality Manager
3. Program/Project Management:
Project/Program Manager
Sales
4. Production:
Production Manager
Purchasing Manager
Materials Manager
5. Leadership:
General Manager
Plant Manager
What’s Covered?
Module 1
APQP (4 hours)
Module 2
Translating Customer’s Requirements (4 hours)
Module 3
DFMEA (4 hours)
*Design Responsible Suppliers Only
Module 4
PFMEA (8 hours)
Module 5
SPC (8 hours)
Module 6
MSA (8 hours)
Module 7
PPAP (4 hours)
We recommend that participants for each module be the practitioners of the Automotive Core Tool so by design, the course participants will change from one module to the next.
SCHEDULE
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GROUP SESSIONS
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* Course dates are confirmed once the minimum number of registrations is achieved. A confirmation email, including payment arrangements, will be sent separately.
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