APQP PROCESS FLOW

Prepare for
APQP

Plan and Define

Program

Product Design
and
Development

Process Design
and
Development

Product and
Process
Validation

Feedback,
Assessment and
Corrective Action

APQP PROCESS FLOW

Prepare for
APQP

Plan and Define

Program

Product Design
and
Development

Process
Design and
Development

Product and
Process
Validation

Feedback,
Assessment and
Corrective Action

Organize the
Team
Define the Scope
Establish Team-toTeam
Communication
Provide Core Tools
Training
Involve Customers
and Suppliers
Implement
Simultaneous
Engineering
Develop Control
Plan Format
Decide on
Concern Resolution
Develop Product
Quality Timing Plan

APQP PROCESS FLOW

Plan and Define
Program

Product Design
and
Development

Process
Design and
Development

Product and
Process
Validation

Feedback,
Assessment and
Corrective Action

INPUT

Prepare for
APQP

Organize the

Voice of the

Team

Customer

Define the Scope

Business
Plan/Marketing
Strategy

Establish Team-toTeam
Communication
Provide Core Tools
Training
Involve Customers
and Suppliers
Implement
Simultaneous
Engineering

Product/Process
Benchmark Data
Product/Process
Assumptions
Product Reliability
Studies
Customer Inputs

Develop Control
Plan Format
Decide on
Concern Resolution
Develop Product
Quality Timing Plan

APQP PROCESS FLOW

Organize the

Voice of the

Team

Customer

Define the Scope

Business
Plan/Marketing
Strategy

Establish Team-toTeam
Communication
Provide Core Tools
Training
Involve Customers
and Suppliers
Implement
Simultaneous
Engineering
Develop Control
Plan Format

Product/Process
Benchmark Data
Product/Process
Assumptions
Product Reliability
Studies
Customer Inputs

Product Design
and
Development

Process
Design and
Development

Product and
Process
Validation

Feedback,
Assessment and
Corrective Action

OUTPUT

Plan and Define

Program

INPUT

Prepare for
APQP

Design Goals
Reliability and
Quality Goals
Preliminary Bill of
Material
Preliminary
Process Flow Chart
Preliminary Listing
of Special Product
and Process
Characteristics
Product Assurance
Plan
Management
Support

Decide on
Concern Resolution
Develop Product
Quality Timing Plan

APQP PROCESS FLOW

Organize the

Voice of the

Team

Customer

Define the Scope

Business
Plan/Marketing
Strategy

Establish Team-toTeam
Communication
Provide Core Tools
Training
Involve Customers
and Suppliers
Implement
Simultaneous
Engineering
Develop Control
Plan Format

Product/Process
Benchmark Data
Product/Process
Assumptions
Product Reliability
Studies
Customer Inputs

Design Goals
Reliability and
Quality Goals

Product and
Process
Validation

Feedback,
Assessment and
Corrective Action

Design Failure
Mode and Effects
Analysis (DFMEA)

Preliminary Bill of
Material

Design for
Manufacturability and
Assembly

Preliminary
Process Flow Chart

Design Verification

Preliminary Listing
of Special Product
and Process
Characteristics

Process
Design and
Development

OUTPUT

INPUT

Product Design
and
Development

OUTPUT

Plan and Define

Program

INPUT

Prepare for
APQP

Design Reviews
Prototype Build
Control Plan

Product Assurance
Plan

Engineering
Drawings (Including
Math Data)

Management
Support

Engineering
Specifications

Decide on
Concern Resolution

Material
Specifications

Develop Product
Quality Timing Plan

Drawing and
Specification Changes
New Equipment,
Tooling and Facilities
Requirements
Special Product and
Process
Characteristics
Gages/Testing
Equipment
Requirements
Team Feasibility
Commitment and
Management Support

APQP PROCESS FLOW

Organize the

Voice of the

Team

Customer

Define the Scope

Business
Plan/Marketing
Strategy

Establish Team-toTeam
Communication
Provide Core Tools
Training
Involve Customers
and Suppliers
Implement
Simultaneous
Engineering
Develop Control
Plan Format

Product/Process
Benchmark Data
Product/Process
Assumptions
Product Reliability
Studies
Customer Inputs

Reliability and
Quality Goals

INPUT

OUTPUT

INPUT

Design Goals

Design Failure

Packaging

Mode and Effects

Analysis (DFMEA)

Standards

Preliminary Bill of
Material

Design for
Manufacturability and
Assembly

Preliminary
Process Flow Chart

Design Verification

Preliminary Listing
of Special Product
and Process
Characteristics

Design Reviews
Prototype Build
Control Plan

Product Assurance
Plan

Engineering
Drawings (Including
Math Data)

Management
Support

Engineering
Specifications

Decide on
Concern Resolution

Material
Specifications

Develop Product
Quality Timing Plan

Drawing and
Specification Changes
New Equipment,
Tooling and Facilities
Requirements
Special Product and
Process
Characteristics

Product and
Process
Validation

Feedback,
Assessment and
Corrective Action

OUTPUT

Process
Design and
Development

Product Design
and
Development

OUTPUT

Plan and Define

Program

INPUT

Prepare for
APQP

Product/Process
Quality System
Review
Process Flow Chart
Floor Plan Layout
Characteristics
Matrix
Process Failure
Mode and Effects
Analysis (PFMEA)
Pre-Launch Control
Plan
Process Instructions
Measurement
Systems Analysis
Plan
Preliminary
Process Capability
Study Plan
Packaging
Specifications
Management
Support

Gages/Testing
Equipment
Requirements
Team Feasibility
Commitment and
Management Support

APQP PROCESS FLOW

Organize the

Voice of the

Team

Customer

Define the Scope

Business
Plan/Marketing
Strategy

Establish Team-toTeam
Communication
Provide Core Tools
Training
Involve Customers
and Suppliers
Implement
Simultaneous
Engineering
Develop Control
Plan Format

Product/Process
Benchmark Data
Product/Process
Assumptions
Product Reliability
Studies
Customer Inputs

Reliability and
Quality Goals

Packaging

Production Trial

Mode and Effects

Analysis (DFMEA)

Standards

Run

Product/Process
Quality System
Review

Measurement
Systems
Evaluation

Process Flow Chart

Preliminary
Process Capability
Study

Design for
Manufacturability and
Assembly

Preliminary
Process Flow Chart

Design Verification
Design Reviews
Prototype Build
Control Plan

Product Assurance
Plan

Engineering
Drawings (Including
Math Data)

Management
Support

Engineering
Specifications

Decide on
Concern Resolution

Material
Specifications

Develop Product
Quality Timing Plan

Drawing and
Specification Changes
New Equipment,
Tooling and Facilities
Requirements
Special Product and
Process
Characteristics

Floor Plan Layout

Characteristics
Matrix
Process Failure
Mode and Effects
Analysis (PFMEA)
Pre-Launch Control
Plan
Process Instructions
Measurement
Systems Analysis
Plan
Preliminary
Process Capability
Study Plan

Feedback,
Assessment and
Corrective Action

OUTPUT

Design Failure

Preliminary Bill of
Material

Preliminary Listing
of Special Product
and Process
Characteristics

Product and
Process
Validation
INPUT

INPUT

OUTPUT

INPUT

Design Goals

OUTPUT

Process
Design and
Development

Product Design
and
Development

OUTPUT

Plan and Define

Program

INPUT

Prepare for
APQP

Production Part
Approval
Production
Validation Testing
Packaging
Evaluation
Production
Control Plan
Quality Planning
Sign-Off and
Management
Support

Packaging
Specifications
Management
Support

Gages/Testing
Equipment
Requirements
Team Feasibility
Commitment and
Management Support

APQP PROCESS FLOW

Organize the

Voice of the

Team

Customer

Define the Scope

Business
Plan/Marketing
Strategy

Establish Team-toTeam
Communication
Provide Core Tools
Training
Involve Customers
and Suppliers
Implement
Simultaneous
Engineering
Develop Control
Plan Format

Product/Process
Benchmark Data
Product/Process
Assumptions
Product Reliability
Studies
Customer Inputs

Reliability and
Quality Goals

Packaging

Production Trial

Mode and Effects

Analysis (DFMEA)

Standards

Run

Product/Process
Quality System
Review

Measurement
Systems
Evaluation

Process Flow Chart

Preliminary
Process Capability
Study

Design for
Manufacturability and
Assembly

Preliminary
Process Flow Chart

Design Verification
Design Reviews
Prototype Build
Control Plan

Product Assurance
Plan

Engineering
Drawings (Including
Math Data)

Management
Support

Engineering
Specifications

Decide on
Concern Resolution

Material
Specifications

Develop Product
Quality Timing Plan

Drawing and
Specification Changes
New Equipment,
Tooling and Facilities
Requirements
Special Product and
Process
Characteristics

Floor Plan Layout

Characteristics
Matrix
Process Failure
Mode and Effects
Analysis (PFMEA)
Pre-Launch Control
Plan
Process Instructions
Measurement
Systems Analysis
Plan
Preliminary
Process Capability
Study Plan

OUTPUT

INPUT

OUTPUT

Design Failure

Preliminary Bill of
Material

Preliminary Listing
of Special Product
and Process
Characteristics

Feedback,
Assessment and
Corrective Action

Product and
Process
Validation
INPUT

INPUT

OUTPUT

INPUT

Design Goals

OUTPUT

Process
Design and
Development

Product Design
and
Development

OUTPUT

Plan and Define

Program

INPUT

Prepare for
APQP

Reduced Variation
Customer
Satisfaction
Delivery and
Service

Production Part
Approval
Production
Validation Testing
Packaging
Evaluation
Production
Control Plan
Quality Planning
Sign-Off and
Management
Support

Packaging
Specifications
Management
Support

Gages/Testing
Equipment
Requirements
Team Feasibility
Commitment and
Management Support

APQP PROCESS FLOW

Organize the

Voice of the

Team

Customer

Define the Scope

Business
Plan/Marketing
Strategy

Establish Team-toTeam
Communication
Provide Core Tools
Training
Involve Customers
and Suppliers
Implement
Simultaneous
Engineering
Develop Control
Plan Format

Reliability and
Quality Goals

Product/Process
Assumptions
Product Reliability
Studies
Customer Inputs

Production Trial

Standards

Run

Product/Process
Quality System
Review

Measurement
Systems
Evaluation

Process Flow Chart

Preliminary
Process Capability
Study

Preliminary
Process Flow Chart

Design Verification
Design Reviews
Prototype Build
Control Plan

Product Assurance
Plan

Engineering
Drawings (Including
Math Data)

Management
Support

Engineering
Specifications

Decide on
Concern Resolution

Material
Specifications

Develop Product
Quality Timing Plan

Drawing and
Specification Changes
New Equipment,
Tooling and Facilities
Requirements
Special Product and
Process
Characteristics

Floor Plan Layout

Characteristics
Matrix
Process Failure
Mode and Effects
Analysis (PFMEA)
Pre-Launch Control
Plan
Process Instructions
Measurement
Systems Analysis
Plan
Preliminary
Process Capability
Study Plan

OUTPUT

INPUT

OUTPUT

INPUT

Packaging

Mode and Effects

Analysis (DFMEA)
Design for
Manufacturability and
Assembly

FMEA

Feedback,
Assessment and
Corrective Action

Product and
Process
Validation

Design Failure

Preliminary Bill of
Material

Preliminary Listing
of Special Product
and Process
Characteristics

OUTPUT

INPUT

OUTPUT

INPUT

Design Goals

Product/Process
Benchmark Data

Process
Design and
Development

Product Design
and
Development

OUTPUT

Plan and Define

Program

INPUT

Prepare for
APQP

Reduced Variation
Customer
Satisfaction
Delivery and
Service

Production Part
Approval
Production
Validation Testing
Packaging
Evaluation
Production
Control Plan
Quality Planning
Sign-Off and
Management
Support

Packaging
Specifications
Management
Support

Gages/Testing
Equipment
Requirements
Team Feasibility
Commitment and
Management Support

APQP PROCESS FLOW

Organize the

Voice of the

Team

Customer

Define the Scope

Business
Plan/Marketing
Strategy

Establish Team-toTeam
Communication
Provide Core Tools
Training
Involve Customers
and Suppliers
Implement
Simultaneous
Engineering
Develop Control
Plan Format

Reliability and
Quality Goals

Product/Process
Assumptions
Product Reliability
Studies
Customer Inputs

Production Trial

Standards

Run

Product/Process
Quality System
Review

Measurement
Systems
Evaluation

Process Flow Chart

Preliminary
Process Capability
Study

Preliminary
Process Flow Chart

Design Verification
Design Reviews
Prototype Build
Control Plan

Product Assurance
Plan

Engineering
Drawings (Including
Math Data)

Management
Support

Engineering
Specifications

Decide on
Concern Resolution

Material
Specifications

Develop Product
Quality Timing Plan

Drawing and
Specification Changes
New Equipment,
Tooling and Facilities
Requirements
Special Product and
Process
Characteristics

Floor Plan Layout

Characteristics
Matrix
Process Failure
Mode and Effects
Analysis (PFMEA)
Pre-Launch Control
Plan
Process Instructions
Measurement
Systems Analysis
Plan
Preliminary
Process Capability
Study Plan

OUTPUT

INPUT

OUTPUT

INPUT

Packaging

Mode and Effects

Analysis (DFMEA)
Design for
Manufacturability and
Assembly

FMEA

Feedback,
Assessment and
Corrective Action

Product and
Process
Validation

Design Failure

Preliminary Bill of
Material

Preliminary Listing
of Special Product
and Process
Characteristics

OUTPUT

INPUT

OUTPUT

INPUT

Design Goals

Product/Process
Benchmark Data

Process
Design and
Development

Product Design
and
Development

OUTPUT

Plan and Define

Program

INPUT

Prepare for
APQP

Reduced Variation
Customer
Satisfaction
Delivery and
Service

Production Part
Approval
Production
Validation Testing
Packaging
Evaluation
Production
Control Plan
Quality Planning
Sign-Off and
Management
Support

Packaging
Specifications
Management
Support

Gages/Testing
Equipment
Requirements
Team Feasibility
Commitment and
Management Support

APQP

10

APQP PROCESS FLOW

Organize the

Voice of the

Team

Customer

Define the Scope

Business
Plan/Marketing
Strategy

Establish Team-toTeam
Communication
Provide Core Tools
Training
Involve Customers
and Suppliers
Implement
Simultaneous
Engineering
Develop Control
Plan Format

Reliability and
Quality Goals

Product/Process
Assumptions
Product Reliability
Studies
Customer Inputs

Production Trial

Standards

Run

Product/Process
Quality System
Review

Measurement
Systems
Evaluation

Process Flow Chart

Preliminary
Process Capability
Study

Preliminary
Process Flow Chart

Design Verification
Design Reviews
Prototype Build
Control Plan

Product Assurance
Plan

Engineering
Drawings (Including
Math Data)

Management
Support

Engineering
Specifications

Decide on
Concern Resolution

Material
Specifications

Develop Product
Quality Timing Plan

Drawing and
Specification Changes
New Equipment,
Tooling and Facilities
Requirements
Special Product and
Process
Characteristics

Floor Plan Layout

Characteristics
Matrix
Process Failure
Mode and Effects
Analysis (PFMEA)
Pre-Launch Control
Plan
Process Instructions
Measurement
Systems Analysis
Plan
Preliminary
Process Capability
Study Plan

Reduced Variation
Customer
Satisfaction
Delivery and
Service

Production Part
Approval
Production
Validation Testing
Packaging
Evaluation
Production
Control Plan
Quality Planning
Sign-Off and
Management
Support

Packaging
Specifications
Management
Support

Gages/Testing
Equipment
Requirements
Team Feasibility
Commitment and
Management Support

OUTPUT

INPUT

OUTPUT

INPUT

Packaging

Mode and Effects

Analysis (DFMEA)
Design for
Manufacturability and
Assembly

FMEA

Feedback,
Assessment and
Corrective Action

Product and
Process
Validation

Design Failure

Preliminary Bill of
Material

Preliminary Listing
of Special Product
and Process
Characteristics

OUTPUT

INPUT

OUTPUT

INPUT

Design Goals

Product/Process
Benchmark Data

Process
Design and
Development

Product Design
and
Development

OUTPUT

Plan and Define

Program

INPUT

Prepare for
APQP

APQP

SPC
11

APQP PROCESS FLOW

Organize the

Voice of the

Team

Customer

Define the Scope

Business
Plan/Marketing
Strategy

Establish Team-toTeam
Communication
Provide Core Tools
Training
Involve Customers
and Suppliers
Implement
Simultaneous
Engineering
Develop Control
Plan Format

Reliability and
Quality Goals

Product/Process
Assumptions
Product Reliability
Studies
Customer Inputs

Production Trial

Standards

Run

Product/Process
Quality System
Review

Measurement
Systems
Evaluation

Process Flow Chart

Preliminary
Process Capability
Study

Preliminary
Process Flow Chart

Design Verification
Design Reviews
Prototype Build
Control Plan

Product Assurance
Plan

Engineering
Drawings (Including
Math Data)

Management
Support

Engineering
Specifications

Decide on
Concern Resolution

Material
Specifications

Develop Product
Quality Timing Plan

Drawing and
Specification Changes
New Equipment,
Tooling and Facilities
Requirements
Special Product and
Process
Characteristics

Floor Plan Layout

Characteristics
Matrix
Process Failure
Mode and Effects
Analysis (PFMEA)
Pre-Launch Control
Plan
Process Instructions
Measurement
Systems Analysis
Plan
Preliminary
Process Capability
Study Plan

Production
Validation Testing

Reduced Variation
Customer
Satisfaction
Delivery and
Service

MSA

Packaging
Evaluation
Production
Control Plan
Quality Planning
Sign-Off and
Management
Support

Packaging
Specifications
Management
Support

Gages/Testing
Equipment
Requirements
Team Feasibility
Commitment and
Management Support

Production Part
Approval

OUTPUT

INPUT

OUTPUT

INPUT

Packaging

Mode and Effects

Analysis (DFMEA)
Design for
Manufacturability and
Assembly

FMEA

Feedback,
Assessment and
Corrective Action

Product and
Process
Validation

Design Failure

Preliminary Bill of
Material

Preliminary Listing
of Special Product
and Process
Characteristics

OUTPUT

INPUT

OUTPUT

INPUT

Design Goals

Product/Process
Benchmark Data

Process
Design and
Development

Product Design
and
Development

OUTPUT

Plan and Define

Program

INPUT

Prepare for
APQP

APQP

SPC
12

APQP PROCESS FLOW

Organize the

Voice of the

Team

Customer

Define the Scope

Business
Plan/Marketing
Strategy

Establish Team-toTeam
Communication
Provide Core Tools
Training
Involve Customers
and Suppliers
Implement
Simultaneous
Engineering
Develop Control
Plan Format

Design Goals
Reliability and
Quality Goals

Product/Process
Benchmark Data
Product/Process
Assumptions
Product Reliability
Studies
Customer Inputs

Production Trial

Standards

Run

Product/Process
Quality System
Review

Measurement
Systems
Evaluation

Process Flow Chart

Preliminary
Process Capability
Study

Preliminary
Process Flow Chart

Design Verification
Design Reviews
Prototype Build
Control Plan

Product Assurance
Plan

Engineering
Drawings (Including
Math Data)

Management
Support

Engineering
Specifications

Decide on
Concern Resolution

Material
Specifications

Develop Product
Quality Timing Plan

Drawing and
Specification Changes
New Equipment,
Tooling and Facilities
Requirements
Special Product and
Process
Characteristics

Floor Plan Layout

Characteristics
Matrix
Process Failure
Mode and Effects
Analysis (PFMEA)
Pre-Launch Control
Plan
Process Instructions
Measurement
Systems Analysis
Plan
Preliminary
Process Capability
Study Plan

Production
Validation Testing

Reduced Variation
Customer
Satisfaction
Delivery and
Service

MSA

Packaging
Evaluation
Production
Control Plan
Quality Planning
Sign-Off and
Management
Support

PPAP

Packaging
Specifications
Management
Support

Gages/Testing
Equipment
Requirements
Team Feasibility
Commitment and
Management Support

Production Part
Approval

OUTPUT

INPUT

OUTPUT

INPUT

Packaging

Mode and Effects

Analysis (DFMEA)
Design for
Manufacturability and
Assembly

FMEA

OUTPUT

Design Failure

Preliminary Bill of
Material

Preliminary Listing
of Special Product
and Process
Characteristics

Feedback,
Assessment and
Corrective Action

Product and
Process
Validation

Process Design
and
Development
INPUT

OUTPUT

INPUT

Product Design
and
Development

OUTPUT

Plan and Define

Program

INPUT

Prepare for
APQP

APQP

SPC
13