Core Tools: APQP, Control Plan, FMEA & PPAP (CEUs: 1.4)

Gain a better understanding of the planning, design, process analysis, and validation guidelines aimed at mitigating risk factors impacting product launch. Effective deployment of APQP, Control Plan, FMEA, and PPAP tools can lead to continuous improvement, defect prevention, as well as a reduction in waste and product variation. 

This course covers:

• Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP): A structured method of defining and establishing the steps necessary to ensure that a product satisfies the customer.
• Production Part Approval Process (PPAP): An important part of the product development process. It allows producers to evaluate the components and sub-systems which they receive from suppliers and establishes confidence in the supplier's management systems.
• Failure Mode Effects Analysis (FMEA): Highlights and prevents future failures from occurring. FMEA focuses on reducing risk  of failure occurrences by making design and process changes, which has proven to save organizations significant amounts of money by prevention of failures/product recalls.

• Control Plans: Used to document the planning or APQP process. Includes an exercise on completion of a Control Plan.

The Michigan Manufacturing Technology Center is accredited by the International Association for Continuing Education and Training (IACET) and is authorized to issue the IACET CEU.