Introduction to APQP and PPAP Training Course

APQP is a framework for a set of techniques and procedures that will help you create a quality plan for bringing a product or service to market in a way that meets customer requirements. Not only does this improve the likelihood of success for a new product or service, but some customer organisations actually require that their suppliers use APQP techniques.

By learning APQP skills you can become a more valuable member of your team and add this skill set to your CV or LinkedIn profile to demonstrate your commitment to continuing career development.

The Production Part Approval Process is used particularly though not exclusively within the aerospace and automotive industries to ensure that the parts suppliers manufacture are consistent.

If you are working within an organisation that manufactures and supplies parts, PPAP sets out a full set of process elements that will help you ensure the consistency your customers demand. It can also benefit your organisation by minimising errors and waste in processes, to deliver the quality required with greater efficiency.

PPAP skills are part of the wider APQP framework.

There are 5 Core Tools of the IATF 16949 quality standard for the automotive industry, and we cover them all in our quality management training.

These are APQP (Advanced Product Quality Planning), PPAP (Production Part Approval Process), FMEA (Failure Mode and Effects Analysis), MSA (Measurement Systems Analysis), and SPC (Statistical Process Control).

This course will give you practical training on APQP and PPAP.

You can attend any other Core Tools training courses independently, but if you wish to learn all 5 tools, you may like to look at our Core Tools training package deal, which provides you with all the training of our individual Core Tools courses in one cost-effective 4-day training course.

You can also receive a discount if you book 2 Core Tools courses at the same time.

We always encourage delegates to give us honest feedback and suggestions for improvement at the end of the course. This enables us to continuously raise the quality of our course content and its delivery to meet the evolving needs of our customers.

For this course comments have remarked on the knowledge and expertise of the tutor in delivering information in a clear, concise and engaging way. Feedback included:

• ‘The tutor was very knowledgeable and answered any question’
• ‘Clear presentation and the tutor had a good use of anecdotes throughout the day’
• ‘The training materials will be useful to use as a reference in the future’
• ‘Very in-depth content and good examples’
• ‘The tutor engaged with the group well and was very experienced with the ability to understand our applications’
• ‘Excellent course materials – very in-depth and were well laid out’
• ‘Very informative and dynamic. It was very entertaining.’