APQP Software
Plan, define and complete critical tasks, ensuring end-to-end quality from concept approval through to production.
Previously, a PPAP for our customer took a total of three days and involved paper being laid out everywhere across tables. With Q-Pulse PPAP, I can now do a PPAP with similar requirements in just a few hours.
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Meet customer expectations throughout the APQP process
From concept approval through to production, it's essential that you meet your customers’ requirements throughout the APQP process.
Ensure close collaboration with your customers during each of the 5 phases that make up the process, which include planning, product design, product manufacture development, process validation and product launch. Meeting these key requirements will maintain the success of the production process.
Make the right decisions at the right time
Gaining a clear, complete view of your APQP processes is paramount in ensuring the overall success of the final product.
Outlining any issues from the outset is vital, as failure to manage these obstacles can delay production or even cause anomalies which could result in a step back to the design phase.
Allow yourself to make the necessary informed decisions based on factual, real-time data.
Implement our APQP software
Complete oversight
Streamline processes from planning and process design to product validation.
Swiftly address issues
Funnel APQP action to relevant personnel and track their progression.
Implement bespoke workflows
Define relevant gated processes and ensure task status visibility.
Strive for improvement
Audit manufacturing processes, uncover opportunities, and build instant finding reports.
Improve customer communication
Output PPAP reports and update customers throughout the production process.
Access centralised information
Centrally access FMEA forms, control plans and Part Submission warrants.
Make informed decisions
View real-time dashboard reports, audit trails and integrated risk management.
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APQP stands for Advanced Product Quality Planning, taking into account what customers want and following a process to keep quality at the forefront. It documents evidence of risk analysis prior to beginning production on a part to ensure you have a consistent production run, therefore minimising delivery delays due to poor quality.
Basically, APQP deals with the entirety of the process - from receiving a business enquiry all the way to the finished product: 1. Planning, 2. Product design and development, 3. Process design and development, 4. Product and process validation and 5. Ongoing production, use and post-delivery service
APQP software provides a toolkit for creating and completing the evidence for APQP to meet the requirements of AS9145. It allows you to manage product data, reduce risk and streamline manual processes, giving you what you need to efficiently manage the manufacturing quality documentation of a product from the planning stage right up until delivering the finished part.