PPAP - Production Part Approval Process

Production Part Approval Process (PPAP) - standard used to formally reduce risks prior to product or service release, in a team-oriented manner using well established tools and techniques.

• To provide a fundamental understanding of the PPAP evidence vital to producing conforming product.
• To ensure that all process, product, and customer requirements are understood.
• To ensure that the production processes can meet all requirements.

• To provide the evidence that all customer engineering design record and specification requirements are properly understood by the manufacturing organization.
• To demonstrate that the manufacturing process has the potential to produce product that consistently meets all requirements during an actual production run at the quoted production rate.
• To determine if all customer engineering design records and specification requirements are properly understood.
• To determine whether the manufacturing process has the potential to produce product consistently meeting these requirements at the quoted production rate.

• Forces formal part conformance and approval
• Ensures formal quality planning
• Helps to maintain design integrity
• Identifies issues early for resolution
• Reduces warranty charges and prevents costs because of poor quality
• Assists with managing supplier changes
• Prevents use of unapproved and nonconforming parts
• Identifies suppliers that need more development
• Improves the overall quality of the product & customer satisfaction

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• PC or laptop with internet access
• microphone and speaker (headset recommended)
• webcam