ABSTRACT
These 6 areas are embellished into 18 specific requirements. These are not new but repositioned requirements of the advanced product quality planning (APQP) process (AIAG, 2008). This means that if the supplier has done diligence work on time for all APQP requirements when they were due (milestone), then the PPAP process is not difficult or time consuming. The 18 elements of the full PPAP are
1. Design records: A printed copy of the drawing needs to be provided. If the customer is responsible for designing, this is a copy of the customer drawing that is sent together with the purchase order (PO). If the supplier is responsible for designing, this is a released drawing in the supplier’s release system. Every feature must be ballooned or road mapped to correspond with the inspection results (including print notes, standard tolerance notes and specifications, and anything else relevant to the design of the part). Prints (if applicable) must be in the geometric and dimensioning tolerance (G&DT) format.
