1. Purpose: This procedure is formulated to standardize the company\'s production part approval process and ensure that customer requirements are met. 2. Scope: This procedure applies to all activities of the company\'s production part approval. 3. Responsibilities: 3.1 Project Planning Group: Responsible for formulating the Production Part Approval (hereinafter referred to as \"PPAP\") plan. 3.2 Marketing Department: Responsible for contacting customers and understanding their requirements for production part approval. 3.3 All relevant departments: Responsible for providing the required information or samples in accordance with the PPAP plan. 3.4 Engineering Department: Responsible for collecting, organizing and preserving PPAP documents and information. 4. Flowchart: None 5. Work Procedure: 5.1 In the following cases, PPAP approval documents must be submitted to the customer\'s product approval department before the first batch of products are shipped, unless the customer\'s department responsible for product approval waives this requirement: a. New products or parts; b. Correction of non-conformities of previously submitted products or parts; c. Engineering changes in design records, technical specifications or materials for production product/part numbers. When necessary, all applicable columns in the PPAP document must be reviewed and updated to reflect the status of the production process. The PPAP document must include the name and date of the person who granted the waiver from the customer\'s responsible product approval department. 5.2 Notification of any of the following design and process changes (which the customer may decide to require PPAP approval) shall be submitted to the customer\'s product approval department: a. Use of a different construction or material than previously approved products or parts; b. Use of new or modified tooling (except consumable tooling), dies, patterns, etc., including additional or replacement tooling; c. Production after refurbishment or rearrangement of existing tooling and equipment; d. Transfer of tooling or equipment to another production site or an additional production site; e. Subcontractor changes to parts, non-equivalent materials or services (such as heat treatment, plating) that affect the customer\'s fit, form, function, durability performance requirements; f. Tooling returned to production after being out of series production for 12 months or more; g. Product or process changes involving production parts manufactured in-house or by subcontractors. These parts affect the fit, form, function, performance and/or durability of the sold product. In addition, before submitting to the customer, the company must first reach an agreement on any application made by the subcontractor. h. Changes in test/inspection methods - the adoption of new technologies (does not affect the acceptance criteria). 5.3 The Marketing Department is responsible for contacting the customer for production part approval. When the customer has a production part approval requirement, the Marketing Department submits the customer\'s production part approval procedure and related regulations to the Project Planning Group (if the customer does not have a requirement, the company implements the third level of the \"PPAP Manual\"), and the Project Planning Group formulates the \"PPAP Plan\", and after approval by the General Manager, the specific tasks are assigned to the relevant departments. The plan should include the execution department of the task, the project leader, and the completion deadline. 5.4 Each functional department completes the relevant tasks according to the PPAP plan. 5.5 Each functional department is responsible for the correctness of the technical information or samples provided, and submits them to the Engineering Department for summary. 5.6 The Marketing Department is responsible for contacting the customer and determining the submission order of PPAP related information, samples, submission time and other requirements.
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