Advanced Quality In Planning
Advanced Production Quality Planning (APQP) plays a major role in MAMCO’s
engineering efforts. Adopting a philosophy known as concurrent engineering,
the engineering department pools experience and resources from its own employees
as well as the process, quality, and production departments to support the design
process. A new product review team examines product engineering changes, evaluates
the feasibility of making those changes, and updates the customer prior to any
press run. The concurrent engineering approach to APQP also helps improve the
processes that drive tooling repairs and improvement projects.
Several factors are key to the success of APQP, including Failure Mode Effects
Analysis (FMEA) and Production Part Approval Process (PPAP).
- FMEA - FMEA is the process used in the automotive group to anticipate
what can go wrong during a press run. As a component of advanced production
quality planning, FMEA utilizes specialized software to design, examine, and
enhance parts that are sensitive to potential problem areas.
For example, engineers might identify a blind pocket in a part that could
potentially create gas buildup and cause burn marks. A special insert can be
devised to prevent such a burn mark before the part is made, saving the
customer money and saving MAMCO costly defect problems down the road.
- PPAP - PPAP identifies what factors will be statistically controlled
during the molding process. This process uses control limits devised during
analysis of parts in order to closely monitor a press run.
APQP combines all its components to shorten time to product for a customer.
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