1st Edition

Advanced Quality Planning A Commonsense Guide to AQP and APQP

By D.H. Stamatis Copyright 2001
    268 Pages
    by Productivity Press

    268 Pages
    by Productivity Press

    Advanced Quality Planning: A Commonsense Guide to AQP and APQP is the first book dedicated to explaining with clarity and detail the total advanced quality planning (AQP) process and how to set quality planning in the framework of a business strategy. The book provides a close look at the basic and advanced concepts of AQP so that both the novice and experienced user will be able to apply AQP appropriately and effectively. In addition, you will learn the "Big Three" automotive companies' required use of Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP), a specialized version of AQP that emphasized the product orientation of quality. A clear itemized list of Chrysler, GM, Ford, and Tier I suppliers requirements is included, illustrating what they would like to see implemented in their suppliers' processes. Written in a practical format, the book takes you step-by-step through the advanced quality planning methodology, providing you with an overview and discussion of the role of teams in AQP, and its key components including: scheduling, creating a product definition, prototype development, manufacturing preparedness, analytical techniques, documentation, reliability and maintainability, and their implementation. Also included are checklists to help plan the actions that will be appropriate for their respective projects, and appendixes containing a sample business plan and a case study of Chrysler's Process Sign-Off, which demonstrates the results of effective AQP implementation.

    Chapter 1: Introduction and Background
    Chapter 2: Overview of Advanced Quality Planning (AQP)
    Chapter 3: Team Building
    Chapter 4: Scheduling
    Chapter 5: Create a Product Definition
    Chapter 6: Cost Accounting: Activity Based Costing (ABC)
    Chapter 7: Prototype Development Tools: Customer-Driven
    Chapter 8: Manufacturing Preparedness: Preparing Product for Manufacturing
    Chapter 9: Selected Analytical Techniques Used in the Course of AQP
    Chapter 10: AQP Documentation and Sign-Off for Feasibility
    Chapter 11: Reliability and Maintainability
    Appendix A: Chrysler Corporation's Process Sign-Off (PSO)
    Appendix B: How to Interpret Warranty Data
    Appendix C: Strategic Approach to Warranty
    Appendix D: Sample Business Plan
    Glossary, Bibliography, Index

    Biography

    D.H. Stamatis