557 words, 2.1 minutes read. By Gerard Blokdyk

APQP 1 big thing: Allocate Quality resources to project teams, programs, and manufacturing process improvement teams.

The big picture: Confirm that your workforce reviews overall (internal) customer ratings on a monthly basis to include correcting rating errors and/or improve organization performance needed/green supplier status.

Why it matters: Make sure your strategy gathers information for business initiatives and team activities to enhance operational efficiency, product quality, service delivery and asset utilization.

Under the hood: Involved in supplier audits, working with purchasing on supplier issues, approving supplier PPAPs, reviewing corrective action plans Poke Yoke and interacting with advanced quality organizations.

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Top thinkers are using The Art of Service Critical Capabilities Analysis, the guide that’s helping leaders stay ahead of what’s next.

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On the flip side: Warrant that your team is providing technical leadership, insight, guidance, and problem solving skills for technical issues related to sourced material and suppliers.

State of play: Make headway so that your operation oversees the quality engineering tasks to enhance product quality and to ensure a high reliability and proper performance per product requirements.

What they’re saying: “Check that your staff leads the development and implementation of strategic improvements required for ensuring manufacturability, scale up, cost effectiveness, and improving product quality of reagents and assays.“, Account Delivery Manager

How it works: Make sure your staff analyses process requirements and evaluate equipment and systems to ensure deliverables meet or exceed process specifications and manufacturing requirements.

Meanwhile: Secure that your staff conducts tests and measurements throughout stages of production to determine control over applicable variables; and services, troubleshoots and solves production process problems with processes or equipment already in operation.

The backdrop: Ensure your design leads the establishment of objectives for an execution of mapping and modeling of key supply chain business process flows to optimize efficiency and meet (internal) client needs.

What to watch: Make sure there is technical expertise and commercial acumen in the entire project life cycle from planning, analyzing requirements, conceptual designing through to detail engineering and manufacturing.

What we’re hearing: “Act as escalation point for material concerns, lead daily shortage meetings to ensure supply continuity, report on KPIs inventory days on hand, line interruptions, expedite costs, etc.“, Prin Eng, Quality Engrg

Be smart: Make headway so that your design experiences working with Automotive Tier 1 Tier 2 OEM on Component and System Level APQP and PPAP.

The bottom line: Confirm that your workforce is responsible for the successful project completion via participating in the resolution of issues such as conflicting design requirements, safety concerns, unsuitability of standard material and difficult coordination requirements.

What’s next: Make sure the Supplier Quality Engineer is functionally responsible for monitoring and measuring supplier performance and ensuring robust root cause and corrective actions are implemented for supplier non-conformities leading to (internal) customer escapes, internal rework/rejection, and scrap.

ICYMI: Interface so that your group ensures establishment of and compliance with appropriate procedures in auditing, testing, documentation, APQP, MES, Control Plan, PFMEA, PPAP and other quality assurance related areas.

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Trusted by: CAIRE, thyssenkrupp Presta North America LLC, JAC Products, YAZAKI Europe, Hana Technologies, Inc., Serigraph Inc., R&L Spring Company, Hutchinson Fluid Management System, Magna International Inc., Philips, Plastic Omnium, Cyient, Therma-Tru Corporation, EATON, Graham Packaging Company, Neaton Rome, SK Battery America, Dorman Products, PSI Molded Plastics, MAHLE Behr Troy Inc., Volkswagen Group of America, Inc., Pasona N A, Inc., Pridgeon & Clay, BorgWarner, Volvo Group, BOGE Rubber & Plastics, Enersys, Cummins Inc., Solid Power, Vitro, Altra Industrial Motion Corp., GE Aviation, Pace Industries, Caterpillar, Disher, PPG Industries, BAE Systems, Superior Roll Forming LLC, ABB, Tennant Company, BJ CAAS Advisors LLC, Doosan Bobcat, Fuyao Automotive North America Inc, Omnex PlanTech, Global Steering Systems, LLC, Kapco Inc, Collins Aerospace, Mobis Parts America, LLC, L3Harris Technologies, MAHLE, LaborView, Cassavant Machining, SGL Group, NGK Spark Plugs (USA) Inc., Hitachi Astemo Americas, Inc., HUSCO International, Inc., BOEING, Piston Automotive, Reyco Granning, The Timken Company, Dometic Corporation, International Automotive Components, Neumayer Tekfor Rotenburg GmbH, Airbus Final Assembly Line, Autoneum Management AG, Raytheon Missiles & Defense, CNH Industrial, Supplier Management Solutions, LLC, FOX Factory, Inc., Sub-Zero Wolf, Wabtec, Dana Incorporated, Yanfeng Automotive, Tecomet, Inc., MetriCan Stamping, LLC, Continental Structural Plastics, Allison Transmission, Inc., Clarios, M/A Com Technolgy Solutions, ALUDYNE, Graco, Tiffany & Co., La-Z-Boy, P3 group GmbH, ITT, Inc., Dept_PhysLoc, Oerlikon, DAEHAN SOLUTION, Danfoss, Johnson Controls, Schaeffler Group, Lucid Motors, Trillium Interim Staffing Inc, Rivian Automotive, Akwel Cadillac USA Inc, MAT Holdings, Inc, PMG Indiana LLC, thyssenkrupp Automotive Systems of America LLC, Hydro-Gear, Honeywell, Mobis Technical Center of North America, Faurecia, Robertshaw, Brunswick Corporation, Electromac, Proper Group International, Navistar, Inc., Stoneridge, IMMI, KAMAX, SUEZ, Ilmor Engineering Inc., Sun Hydraulics Llc, American Axle & Manufacturing, Peloton, EnPro Industries, US Farathane, LLC, CK Technologies, Cooper Standard, Akoustis, Inc., Continental AG, Motorola Solutions, North American Lighting, Cresttek LLC, Spartan Light Metal Products, Pentair, Airbus Americas, Lear Corporation, Hillphoenix, Nammo Perry, Minth North America, Seraph, Legrand AV, Figeac Aero North America Inc, Techman Sales Inc., Kaman Distribution, JTEKT North America, Intent Design, Avancez, LLC, SL America, Constellium, Kuehne+Nagel, TRIGO Global Quality Solutions, Randstad Engineering, Stanley Black & Decker, MAHLE Engine Components USA, Inc., Automotive Manufacturing Company, Gates Corporation, Flex-N-Gate Corporation, S & C Electric Company, Telamon, LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION, Cleveland Cliffs Tubular Components, Autoliv United States, Kaiser Aluminium, KBR, Schindler, Stauff USA, Tesla, Topcon Positioning Systems, CWC Textron, a division of Textron, Pall, Triumph Group, CARLING TECHNOLOGIES INC, YAPP USA AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS INC, QMC-EMI Holdings Corporation, Oscar Winski, Ifa Rotorion North America Llc, Fuyao Glass America Inc, HUTCHINSON SEALING SYSTEMS, INC, Ice Industries Inc., AMP – Auto Motive Power, NXP Semiconductors, GEDIA MICHIGAN LLC, KN Platech America Corporation, Bosch Group, MAHLE Behr Dayton L.L.C., AMB Consulting Group, LLC, Kohler, Tenneco Inc., Trialon Corporation, Burgess-Norton Mfg Co, Inc, STS Aviation Group, Karma Automotive, Springfield Remanufacturing Corp, First Sensor AG, Oliver Companies, Engineered Materials Solutions, Fontana, Kelco Industries, Vitesco Technologies, ACTIA Corporation, GE Appliances, PKC Group, Alexandria Extrusion Company, Vehicle Service Group, Incodel, Brose, Amazon.com Services LLC, Challenge Manufacturing Company, Spirit AeroSystems, Grayhill, Inc, Hyliion Inc, Axalta, DESTACO, Transtar Industries Inc, BD, IDEAL Industries, Inc., Cleveland-Cliffs, HRB, Raytheon Intelligence & Space, Olympic Steel, Pure Power Technologies Inc, Inovar Inc., Amkor Technology, Inc., Braun Industries, Perlick Corporation, Keter US, Trane Technologies, Generac Power Systems, ZF, Cleveland-Cliffs Tubular Components LLC, Drake Enterprises Inc, Fast Lane Recruitment Group, AGCO, Gentex Corp, Webasto, Linamar Corp, Rebo Lighting & Electronics LLC, Martinrea International Inc., Kimball International, RCM Industries, Inc., SVRC Industries Inc, GKN Aerospace, Harman International, Parker Hannifin Corporation, Coherent, Inc., KAY Manufacturing, Mueller Water Products, Ingersoll Rand, SWJ TECHNOLOGY, LLC, MTD Products Inc, Inteva Products, LLC, Nichols Portland, LLC, Power Solutions International Inc, JNB Machinery / JNB Machining, Griffin Associates, Lincotek Surface Solutions, The Shyft Group, Inc., Shape Corporation, Tekfor Inc, dura auto, Applied Materials Inc.

514 words, 1.9 minutes read. By Gerard Blokdyk

APQP 1 big thing: Support design for manufacture and assembly activities between the factory, design team, and suppliers.

The big picture: Collaborate with Brand Category Teams to analyze and interpret product inspection results, ensure consistency with specifications, identify suppliers with poor quality history, focus inspection team resources to increase inspection levels and drive continuous improvement to overall product quality.

Why it matters: Guarantee your company is evaluating designs and making recommendations for improvements to designs and technology to improve product quality and overall interactive and interface design.

Be smart: Oversee that your process enhances factory productivity, reduces cost, and improves product quality through the analysis and continued improvement of manufacturing methods, processes, equipment, tooling, material flow, and plant layout using Lean, Six Sigma and other improvement methodologies.

Between the lines: Secure that your strategy present information to your organization on the expected quality performance of new products with regards to production yields and quality concerns.

Meanwhile: Develop and manage strong strategic relationships with your key suppliers and business partners to reduce cost, compress project lifecycles, advance product quality and improve efficiencies.

Go deeper: Assure your group assists with interviewing, hiring, and training Engineering and Maintenance employees; planning, assigning, and directing work; appraising performance; rewarding and disciplining employees; and addressing complaints and resolving problems.

What we’re hearing: “Ensure sophisticated Product Quality Planning is deployed across the New Product Development Life Cycle with quality built into the design, manufacturability and serviceability.“, Launch Project Quality Engineer (AOA Facility) Ogden,…

State of play: Work with other site departments and leadership to ensure quality standards and culture remain a priority throughout the entire end to end process.

On the flip side: Promote the use of (internal) customer needed techniques for continuous improvement such as Lean, Six-Sigma, Poka-Yoke (Error Proofing), Measurement System Analysis, and Process Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (PFMEA).

The backdrop: Support new programs and plants as an expert in QMS standards, Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP), change management processes, Failure Mode Effects Analysis (FMEA), Internal Audit, Management Review, safe launch planning etc.

The bottom line: Establish that your operation identifies present and future capital needs to support new products and processes, improve process capability and reliability, reduce direct and indirect labor, reduce cycle time, improve product quality, and improve health, safety, and environmental elements.

What’s next: Develop new or modify existing methods to manufacture products ensuring that methods meet quality and production standards as well as health, safety, and environmental standards.

ICYMI: Warrant that your group designs quality programs and systems for product and/or process development, manufacturing and testing to ensure product quality and compliance with regulatory requirements.

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Trusted by: CAIRE, thyssenkrupp Presta North America LLC, JAC Products, YAZAKI Europe, Hana Technologies, Inc., Serigraph Inc., R&L Spring Company, Hutchinson Fluid Management System, Magna International Inc., Philips, Plastic Omnium, Cyient, Therma-Tru Corporation, EATON, Graham Packaging Company, Neaton Rome, SK Battery America, Dorman Products, PSI Molded Plastics, MAHLE Behr Troy Inc., Volkswagen Group of America, Inc., Pasona N A, Inc., Pridgeon & Clay, BorgWarner, Volvo Group, BOGE Rubber & Plastics, Enersys, Cummins Inc., Solid Power, Vitro, Altra Industrial Motion Corp., GE Aviation, Pace Industries, Caterpillar, Disher, PPG Industries, BAE Systems, Superior Roll Forming LLC, ABB, Tennant Company, BJ CAAS Advisors LLC, Doosan Bobcat, Fuyao Automotive North America Inc, Omnex PlanTech, Global Steering Systems, LLC, Kapco Inc, Collins Aerospace, Mobis Parts America, LLC, L3Harris Technologies, MAHLE, LaborView, Cassavant Machining, SGL Group, NGK Spark Plugs (USA) Inc., Hitachi Astemo Americas, Inc., HUSCO International, Inc., BOEING, Piston Automotive, Reyco Granning, The Timken Company, Dometic Corporation, International Automotive Components, Neumayer Tekfor Rotenburg GmbH, Airbus Final Assembly Line, Autoneum Management AG, Raytheon Missiles & Defense, CNH Industrial, Supplier Management Solutions, LLC, FOX Factory, Inc., Sub-Zero Wolf, Wabtec, Dana Incorporated, Yanfeng Automotive, Tecomet, Inc., MetriCan Stamping, LLC, Continental Structural Plastics, Allison Transmission, Inc., Clarios, M/A Com Technolgy Solutions, ALUDYNE, Graco, Tiffany & Co., La-Z-Boy, P3 group GmbH, ITT, Inc., Dept_PhysLoc, Oerlikon, DAEHAN SOLUTION, Danfoss, Johnson Controls, Schaeffler Group, Lucid Motors, Trillium Interim Staffing Inc, Rivian Automotive, Akwel Cadillac USA Inc, MAT Holdings, Inc, PMG Indiana LLC, thyssenkrupp Automotive Systems of America LLC, Hydro-Gear, Honeywell, Mobis Technical Center of North America, Faurecia, Robertshaw, Brunswick Corporation, Electromac, Proper Group International, Navistar, Inc., Stoneridge, IMMI, KAMAX, SUEZ, Ilmor Engineering Inc., Sun Hydraulics Llc, American Axle & Manufacturing, Peloton, EnPro Industries, US Farathane, LLC, CK Technologies, Cooper Standard, Akoustis, Inc., Continental AG, Motorola Solutions, North American Lighting, Cresttek LLC, Spartan Light Metal Products, Pentair, Airbus Americas, Lear Corporation, Hillphoenix, Nammo Perry, Minth North America, Seraph, Legrand AV, Figeac Aero North America Inc, Techman Sales Inc., Kaman Distribution, JTEKT North America, Intent Design, Avancez, LLC, SL America, Constellium, Kuehne+Nagel, TRIGO Global Quality Solutions, Randstad Engineering, Stanley Black & Decker, MAHLE Engine Components USA, Inc., Automotive Manufacturing Company, Gates Corporation, Flex-N-Gate Corporation, S & C Electric Company, Telamon, LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION, Cleveland Cliffs Tubular Components, Autoliv United States, Kaiser Aluminium, KBR, Schindler, Stauff USA, Tesla, Topcon Positioning Systems, CWC Textron, a division of Textron, Pall, Triumph Group, CARLING TECHNOLOGIES INC, YAPP USA AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS INC, QMC-EMI Holdings Corporation, Oscar Winski, Ifa Rotorion North America Llc, Fuyao Glass America Inc, HUTCHINSON SEALING SYSTEMS, INC, Ice Industries Inc., AMP – Auto Motive Power, NXP Semiconductors, GEDIA MICHIGAN LLC, KN Platech America Corporation, Bosch Group, MAHLE Behr Dayton L.L.C., AMB Consulting Group, LLC, Kohler, Tenneco Inc., Trialon Corporation, Burgess-Norton Mfg Co, Inc, STS Aviation Group, Karma Automotive, Springfield Remanufacturing Corp, First Sensor AG, Oliver Companies, Engineered Materials Solutions, Fontana, Kelco Industries, Vitesco Technologies, ACTIA Corporation, GE Appliances, PKC Group, Alexandria Extrusion Company, Vehicle Service Group, Incodel, Brose, Amazon.com Services LLC, Challenge Manufacturing Company, Spirit AeroSystems, Grayhill, Inc, Hyliion Inc, Axalta, DESTACO, Transtar Industries Inc, BD, IDEAL Industries, Inc., Cleveland-Cliffs, HRB, Raytheon Intelligence & Space, Olympic Steel, Pure Power Technologies Inc, Inovar Inc., Amkor Technology, Inc., Braun Industries, Perlick Corporation, Keter US, Trane Technologies, Generac Power Systems, ZF, Cleveland-Cliffs Tubular Components LLC, Drake Enterprises Inc, Fast Lane Recruitment Group, AGCO, Gentex Corp, Webasto, Linamar Corp, Rebo Lighting & Electronics LLC, Martinrea International Inc., Kimball International, RCM Industries, Inc., SVRC Industries Inc, GKN Aerospace, Harman International, Parker Hannifin Corporation, Coherent, Inc., KAY Manufacturing, Mueller Water Products, Ingersoll Rand, SWJ TECHNOLOGY, LLC, MTD Products Inc, Inteva Products, LLC, Nichols Portland, LLC, Power Solutions International Inc, JNB Machinery / JNB Machining, Griffin Associates, Lincotek Surface Solutions, The Shyft Group, Inc., Shape Corporation, Tekfor Inc, dura auto, Applied Materials Inc.

513 words, 1.9 minutes read. By Gerard Blokdyk

APQP 1 big thing: Maintain assembly tooling and spare part inventory and make recommendations for stocking levels.

The big picture: Be certain that your staff creates and/or handles engineering change order documentation and follows process to completion, building and managing a comprehensive database.

Why it matters: Manage the effectiveness and timely completion of root cause investigation and resolution of customer, warranty and supplier quality incidents in compliance with industry best practice closed loop methodologies.

What to watch: Ensure your operation is responsible for new product advanced quality planning activities, quality roadmap implementation and improvement, and driving Vehicle Group organization for defect free new product launches by meeting the APQP requirements.

State of play: Safeguard that your process identifies supplier quality concerns (product and process) based on data and other inputs, assesses the associated operational risk and failure costs, and implements appropriate actions to drive improvement.

Between the lines: Make headway so that your personnel is responsible for developing and implementing the systems and processes necessary to support the required quality level in all products to all (internal) customers.

Under the hood: Lead the organization to define program product costs, tooling costs and capital requirements for the program, develop required documents and business case in order to receive Capital Appropriation, and manage capital spending to the budget.

Top APQP Must Haves

APQP Executives tell us every quarter about their must haves.

Here are their most urgent ones:

Learn the Top Emerging APQP Risks HERE: store.theartofservice.com/APQP-critical-capabilities/

Top thinkers are using The Art of Service Critical Capabilities Analysis, the guide that’s helping leaders stay ahead of what’s next.

This guide will help you plan your roadmap. The Critical Capabilities and Priorities Guide enables leaders to shortlist hundreds of appropriate results, already prioritized.

Get started: store.theartofservice.com/APQP-critical-capabilities/

Be smart: Secure that your company reviews and evaluates designs and project activities for compliance with systems design and development guidelines and standards; provides tangible feedback to improve product quality and mitigate failure risk.

What we’re hearing: “Interface so that your operation is supporting price negotiations with fact formation and opportunities to drive short and/or long term product cost reduction improvement.“, Program Manager – Engineering (Automotive)

Meanwhile: Supplier Performance Improvement- Bi-annual review supplier performance ratings with plant staff in order to support the identification of the most disruptive suppliers for systemic improvement actions through a focused, supplier review and tracking process.

How it works: Ensure cross functional team member responsibilities are clearly identified and establish project measure of performance based on business case and other predetermined criteria at start of the project.

The bottom line: Make headway so that your staff is responsible for research and development of new product lines and new materials to enhance the product line.

What’s next: Ensure you provide your (internal) customers, leading industry expertise with a full service concept of design capabilities and deliver tailored, cost efficient solutions to them.

ICYMI: Interact closely with cross functional Team to perform Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP) for new product launches and Advanced Quality Planning (AQP) for product and/or process changes.

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Trusted by: CAIRE, thyssenkrupp Presta North America LLC, JAC Products, YAZAKI Europe, Hana Technologies, Inc., Serigraph Inc., R&L Spring Company, Hutchinson Fluid Management System, Magna International Inc., Philips, Plastic Omnium, Cyient, Therma-Tru Corporation, EATON, Graham Packaging Company, Neaton Rome, SK Battery America, Dorman Products, PSI Molded Plastics, MAHLE Behr Troy Inc., Volkswagen Group of America, Inc., Pasona N A, Inc., Pridgeon & Clay, BorgWarner, Volvo Group, BOGE Rubber & Plastics, Enersys, Cummins Inc., Solid Power, Vitro, Altra Industrial Motion Corp., GE Aviation, Pace Industries, Caterpillar, Disher, PPG Industries, BAE Systems, Superior Roll Forming LLC, ABB, Tennant Company, BJ CAAS Advisors LLC, Doosan Bobcat, Fuyao Automotive North America Inc, Omnex PlanTech, Global Steering Systems, LLC, Kapco Inc, Collins Aerospace, Mobis Parts America, LLC, L3Harris Technologies, MAHLE, LaborView, Cassavant Machining, SGL Group, NGK Spark Plugs (USA) Inc., Hitachi Astemo Americas, Inc., HUSCO International, Inc., BOEING, Piston Automotive, Reyco Granning, The Timken Company, Dometic Corporation, International Automotive Components, Neumayer Tekfor Rotenburg GmbH, Airbus Final Assembly Line, Autoneum Management AG, Raytheon Missiles & Defense, CNH Industrial, Supplier Management Solutions, LLC, FOX Factory, Inc., Sub-Zero Wolf, Wabtec, Dana Incorporated, Yanfeng Automotive, Tecomet, Inc., MetriCan Stamping, LLC, Continental Structural Plastics, Allison Transmission, Inc., Clarios, M/A Com Technolgy Solutions, ALUDYNE, Graco, Tiffany & Co., La-Z-Boy, P3 group GmbH, ITT, Inc., Dept_PhysLoc, Oerlikon, DAEHAN SOLUTION, Danfoss, Johnson Controls, Schaeffler Group, Lucid Motors, Trillium Interim Staffing Inc, Rivian Automotive, Akwel Cadillac USA Inc, MAT Holdings, Inc, PMG Indiana LLC, thyssenkrupp Automotive Systems of America LLC, Hydro-Gear, Honeywell, Mobis Technical Center of North America, Faurecia, Robertshaw, Brunswick Corporation, Electromac, Proper Group International, Navistar, Inc., Stoneridge, IMMI, KAMAX, SUEZ, Ilmor Engineering Inc., Sun Hydraulics Llc, American Axle & Manufacturing, Peloton, EnPro Industries, US Farathane, LLC, CK Technologies, Cooper Standard, Akoustis, Inc., Continental AG, Motorola Solutions, North American Lighting, Cresttek LLC, Spartan Light Metal Products, Pentair, Airbus Americas, Lear Corporation, Hillphoenix, Nammo Perry, Minth North America, Seraph, Legrand AV, Figeac Aero North America Inc, Techman Sales Inc., Kaman Distribution, JTEKT North America, Intent Design, Avancez, LLC, SL America, Constellium, Kuehne+Nagel, TRIGO Global Quality Solutions, Randstad Engineering, Stanley Black & Decker, MAHLE Engine Components USA, Inc., Automotive Manufacturing Company, Gates Corporation, Flex-N-Gate Corporation, S & C Electric Company, Telamon, LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION, Cleveland Cliffs Tubular Components, Autoliv United States, Kaiser Aluminium, KBR, Schindler, Stauff USA, Tesla, Topcon Positioning Systems, CWC Textron, a division of Textron, Pall, Triumph Group, CARLING TECHNOLOGIES INC, YAPP USA AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS INC, QMC-EMI Holdings Corporation, Oscar Winski, Ifa Rotorion North America Llc, Fuyao Glass America Inc, HUTCHINSON SEALING SYSTEMS, INC, Ice Industries Inc., AMP – Auto Motive Power, NXP Semiconductors, GEDIA MICHIGAN LLC, KN Platech America Corporation, Bosch Group, MAHLE Behr Dayton L.L.C., AMB Consulting Group, LLC, Kohler, Tenneco Inc., Trialon Corporation, Burgess-Norton Mfg Co, Inc, STS Aviation Group, Karma Automotive, Springfield Remanufacturing Corp, First Sensor AG, Oliver Companies, Engineered Materials Solutions, Fontana, Kelco Industries, Vitesco Technologies, ACTIA Corporation, GE Appliances, PKC Group, Alexandria Extrusion Company, Vehicle Service Group, Incodel, Brose, Amazon.com Services LLC, Challenge Manufacturing Company, Spirit AeroSystems, Grayhill, Inc, Hyliion Inc, Axalta, DESTACO, Transtar Industries Inc, BD, IDEAL Industries, Inc., Cleveland-Cliffs, HRB, Raytheon Intelligence & Space, Olympic Steel, Pure Power Technologies Inc, Inovar Inc., Amkor Technology, Inc., Braun Industries, Perlick Corporation, Keter US, Trane Technologies, Generac Power Systems, ZF, Cleveland-Cliffs Tubular Components LLC, Drake Enterprises Inc, Fast Lane Recruitment Group, AGCO, Gentex Corp, Webasto, Linamar Corp, Rebo Lighting & Electronics LLC, Martinrea International Inc., Kimball International, RCM Industries, Inc., SVRC Industries Inc, GKN Aerospace, Harman International, Parker Hannifin Corporation, Coherent, Inc., KAY Manufacturing, Mueller Water Products, Ingersoll Rand, SWJ TECHNOLOGY, LLC, MTD Products Inc, Inteva Products, LLC, Nichols Portland, LLC, Power Solutions International Inc, JNB Machinery / JNB Machining, Griffin Associates, Lincotek Surface Solutions, The Shyft Group, Inc., Shape Corporation, Tekfor Inc, dura auto, Applied Materials Inc.

552 words, 2.0 minutes read. By Gerard Blokdyk

APQP 1 big thing: Consult with git product teams on recovery, operational risk, audit and related compliance topics.

The big picture: Verify that your process identifies process equipment load requirements, tooling and equipment requirements, and the need to implement new processes, and communicates to all appropriate internal team members.

Why it matters: Safeguard that your company provides technical guidance and quality compliance for Supplier Quality engagement throughout the NPD lifecycle on newly qualified parts from NPD and implementing strategies for driving product quality and continuous improvement, ensuring purchased products and components are manufactured and qualified in accordance to applicable industry standards, regulatory requirements, and (internal) customer requirements.

State of play: Be actively involved in New Product Development; participate in Advanced Product Quality Planning and prepare Product Part Approval Process documentation to the (internal) customers requirements for new product submissions.

How it works: Apply expertise in data science to build data models and reports to anticipate (internal) customer behavior as well as provide growth forecasting and market predictions to inform strategic planning and business development decisions.

Yes, but: Drive data collection, analysis, and reporting for established Quality reports including Discrepant Material, Cost of Quality, Supplier Report Cards, production line First Pass Yield, Quality System/Control Plan Audits, and (internal) customer quality report cards.

What they’re saying: “Make sure your design is conducting supplier quality surveys, ensure timely closure to supplier defective material notices, be intimately involved with suppliers processes and issues.“, Production Manager

On the flip side: Confirm that your process is responsible for delivering weekly/monthly financial close, planning, forecasting, budgeting, and consolidations utilizing financial systems and advance excel functions.

Meanwhile: Make headway so that your workforce is working closely with operations and plant management to ensure systems, processes and procedures are created and implemented to meet (internal) customer expectations for quality and delivery.

Be smart: Confirm that your company performs technical and statistical investigations and analysis on production, quality, process, and equipment issues using standard final problem solving method.

What to watch: Guarantee your process directs the systematic acquisition of technical product quality data to support strategic direction, analyzes and communicates trends as well as recommendations to address unfavorable trends, determines corrective actions to be taken, and provides the corporation with strategic technical direction based on (internal) customer requirements.

The bottom line: Ensure strong project management skills which include involvement in creating work-break down structures, time estimating, resource planning, holding people accountable to project responsibilities, overcoming obstacles, and managing multiple stages of implementations.

What’s next: Make sure the QA Engineer also actively participates as an internal auditor to support your organizations adherence to the standards of the Quality Management System.

ICYMI: Make sure the Process Engineer is responsible for adhering to project timelines, delivering product quality and required quantities, meeting project budget, and ensuring that cGMP guidelines are followed.

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523 words, 1.9 minutes read. By Gerard Blokdyk

APQP 1 big thing: Ensure all product changes are controlled effectively through the engineering change process or deviation.

The big picture: Liaison so that your organization supports the Manufacturing and Shipping departments by providing auditing resources on the production floor to invest in quality issues, gauge and fixture control and maintenance, work instructions, etc.

Why it matters: Make sure the Quality Manager is responsible to lead, train, develop and mentor the Manufacturing and Quality teams, ensuring adherence to (internal) customer expectations and Quality Systems.

The backdrop: Safeguard that your process coaches the Quality and Manufacturing teams to ensure process compliance, response in real time to quality non conformance, and validation of critical measurements that support Metric achievement.

Go deeper: Guarantee the conformity of a product/service to the requirements specified by your (internal) customers, and support on quality on time and on cost delivery by delivering right first time to increase (internal) customer loyalty.

Meanwhile: Work closely with other departments to ensure that all phases of the software development life cycle are meeting or exceeding the requirements and quality standards.

Yes, but: Evaluate bid proposals and negotiates supplier agreements that require improvements in suppliers cost, delivery, quality, part lead time, payment cycles, and technology and risk mitigation.

What they’re saying: “Confirm that your group ensures through planning and the proper coordination of departments that your (internal) customers receive outstanding product quality, service and value.“, Senior APQP Supply Chain Program Manager

On the flip side: Oversee that your process is responsible for total Quality of products and services and authorized to stop work when a nonconformance is noted.

Between the lines: Secure that your organization validates at the beginning of the project provisional budget (hours and cost) is in accordance to initial project perimeter and project objectives.

How it works: Reduce (internal) customer complaints using a sense of urgency to attack and resolve product quality/reliability issues, specifically with a bias for individual accountability and action, as well as robust root cause analysis and implementation of corrective actions.

State of play: Establish that your organization maximizes efficiency by analyzing assembly line layouts, workflow, assembly methods, changeover fixturing, gauges, work in process (WIP) storage, and tool storage.

The bottom line: Oversee that your strategy supports ensuring that all statutory regulations concerning health, safety and environmental standards are adhered to; as well as your organization sustainable development program.

What’s next: Work directly with your (internal) customers and your engineers to understand the scope of projects or programs and ensure all objectives are known and achievable.

ICYMI: Ensure strong emotional intelligence, interpersonal and leadership skills to build loyalty trust, and commitments from key (internal) customer contacts involved with making decisions.

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Trusted by: CAIRE, thyssenkrupp Presta North America LLC, JAC Products, YAZAKI Europe, Hana Technologies, Inc., Serigraph Inc., R&L Spring Company, Hutchinson Fluid Management System, Magna International Inc., Philips, Plastic Omnium, Cyient, Therma-Tru Corporation, EATON, Graham Packaging Company, Neaton Rome, SK Battery America, Dorman Products, PSI Molded Plastics, MAHLE Behr Troy Inc., Volkswagen Group of America, Inc., Pasona N A, Inc., Pridgeon & Clay, BorgWarner, Volvo Group, BOGE Rubber & Plastics, Enersys, Cummins Inc., Solid Power, Vitro, Altra Industrial Motion Corp., GE Aviation, Pace Industries, Caterpillar, Disher, PPG Industries, BAE Systems, Superior Roll Forming LLC, ABB, Tennant Company, BJ CAAS Advisors LLC, Doosan Bobcat, Fuyao Automotive North America Inc, Omnex PlanTech, Global Steering Systems, LLC, Kapco Inc, Collins Aerospace, Mobis Parts America, LLC, L3Harris Technologies, MAHLE, LaborView, Cassavant Machining, SGL Group, NGK Spark Plugs (USA) Inc., Hitachi Astemo Americas, Inc., HUSCO International, Inc., BOEING, Piston Automotive, Reyco Granning, The Timken Company, Dometic Corporation, International Automotive Components, Neumayer Tekfor Rotenburg GmbH, Airbus Final Assembly Line, Autoneum Management AG, Raytheon Missiles & Defense, CNH Industrial, Supplier Management Solutions, LLC, FOX Factory, Inc., Sub-Zero Wolf, Wabtec, Dana Incorporated, Yanfeng Automotive, Tecomet, Inc., MetriCan Stamping, LLC, Continental Structural Plastics, Allison Transmission, Inc., Clarios, M/A Com Technolgy Solutions, ALUDYNE, Graco, Tiffany & Co., La-Z-Boy, P3 group GmbH, ITT, Inc., Dept_PhysLoc, Oerlikon, DAEHAN SOLUTION, Danfoss, Johnson Controls, Schaeffler Group, Lucid Motors, Trillium Interim Staffing Inc, Rivian Automotive, Akwel Cadillac USA Inc, MAT Holdings, Inc, PMG Indiana LLC, thyssenkrupp Automotive Systems of America LLC, Hydro-Gear, Honeywell, Mobis Technical Center of North America, Faurecia, Robertshaw, Brunswick Corporation, Electromac, Proper Group International, Navistar, Inc., Stoneridge, IMMI, KAMAX, SUEZ, Ilmor Engineering Inc., Sun Hydraulics Llc, American Axle & Manufacturing, Peloton, EnPro Industries, US Farathane, LLC, CK Technologies, Cooper Standard, Akoustis, Inc., Continental AG, Motorola Solutions, North American Lighting, Cresttek LLC, Spartan Light Metal Products, Pentair, Airbus Americas, Lear Corporation, Hillphoenix, Nammo Perry, Minth North America, Seraph, Legrand AV, Figeac Aero North America Inc, Techman Sales Inc., Kaman Distribution, JTEKT North America, Intent Design, Avancez, LLC, SL America, Constellium, Kuehne+Nagel, TRIGO Global Quality Solutions, Randstad Engineering, Stanley Black & Decker, MAHLE Engine Components USA, Inc., Automotive Manufacturing Company, Gates Corporation, Flex-N-Gate Corporation, S & C Electric Company, Telamon, LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION, Cleveland Cliffs Tubular Components, Autoliv United States, Kaiser Aluminium, KBR, Schindler, Stauff USA, Tesla, Topcon Positioning Systems, CWC Textron, a division of Textron, Pall, Triumph Group, CARLING TECHNOLOGIES INC, YAPP USA AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS INC, QMC-EMI Holdings Corporation, Oscar Winski, Ifa Rotorion North America Llc, Fuyao Glass America Inc, HUTCHINSON SEALING SYSTEMS, INC, Ice Industries Inc., AMP – Auto Motive Power, NXP Semiconductors, GEDIA MICHIGAN LLC, KN Platech America Corporation, Bosch Group, MAHLE Behr Dayton L.L.C., AMB Consulting Group, LLC, Kohler, Tenneco Inc., Trialon Corporation, Burgess-Norton Mfg Co, Inc, STS Aviation Group, Karma Automotive, Springfield Remanufacturing Corp, First Sensor AG, Oliver Companies, Engineered Materials Solutions, Fontana, Kelco Industries, Vitesco Technologies, ACTIA Corporation, GE Appliances, PKC Group, Alexandria Extrusion Company, Vehicle Service Group, Incodel, Brose, Amazon.com Services LLC, Challenge Manufacturing Company, Spirit AeroSystems, Grayhill, Inc, Hyliion Inc, Axalta, DESTACO, Transtar Industries Inc, BD, IDEAL Industries, Inc., Cleveland-Cliffs, HRB, Raytheon Intelligence & Space, Olympic Steel, Pure Power Technologies Inc, Inovar Inc., Amkor Technology, Inc., Braun Industries, Perlick Corporation, Keter US, Trane Technologies, Generac Power Systems, ZF, Cleveland-Cliffs Tubular Components LLC, Drake Enterprises Inc, Fast Lane Recruitment Group, AGCO, Gentex Corp, Webasto, Linamar Corp, Rebo Lighting & Electronics LLC, Martinrea International Inc., Kimball International, RCM Industries, Inc., SVRC Industries Inc, GKN Aerospace, Harman International, Parker Hannifin Corporation, Coherent, Inc., KAY Manufacturing, Mueller Water Products, Ingersoll Rand, SWJ TECHNOLOGY, LLC, MTD Products Inc, Inteva Products, LLC, Nichols Portland, LLC, Power Solutions International Inc, JNB Machinery / JNB Machining, Griffin Associates, Lincotek Surface Solutions, The Shyft Group, Inc., Shape Corporation, Tekfor Inc, dura auto, Applied Materials Inc.