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Basics of APQP in Aviation<\/h2>\n

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For some years now, a new management methodology has been gaining acceptance in the aerospace supply industry: advanced product quality planning (APQP). In short, it is a structured approach to advance quality planning in design and manufacturing. With APQP, developments are to be planned and realized as a single project in terms of scheduling, costs and quality, from the time they are commissioned to the completion of series ramp-up. A key characteristic of APQP is strict monitoring based on defined tools and the uniform documentation structure for project planning and technical processes.<\/p>\n

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The goal is error prevention before later error detection. The focus is on coherent product development on the one hand and conceptual design of production processes on the other. The latter comes up short in most design projects. In operational practice, they are often processed without adequate consideration of production requirements. Design projects therefore end with the design freeze and not, as would be better, with the completion of the series ramp-up.<\/p>\n

Advanced Product Quality Planning solves this dilemma by combining development and production under one roof on the project side with a series of tools. APQP’s greatest advantage is in production, because it makes the series ramp-up more transparent and greatly systematizes and thus simplifies production control in this phase.<\/p>\n

This allows weak points to be identified during product or process development, or at the latest during the validation phase of series ramp-up. Product and process risks in the phase after series release, whether in design, manufacturing technology or the supply chain, are thus minimized.<\/p>\n

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APQP was conceptualized in the mid-1990s by major U.S. automakers through the Automotive Industry Action Group (AIAG) and rolled out throughout their supply chain. Following its success there, APQP was adopted by the German automotive industry and included in VDA Volume 4.3 “Assuring quality before series production”.<\/p>\n

A few years ago, the aviation industry also discovered Advanced Product Quality Planning:<\/p>\n