Product Process Change Notification
PROCESS
Presentation to Suppliers
WHAT IS IT ABOUT ?
Examples:
•Current production line (partly or totally) is
transferred to an new or existing plant or
building, in the same or other country,
•Change of a tier n, part of the process such
as surface treatment, machining, paint shop,
warehousing…
•New production layout
•Packaging changes or repackaging
operations,
•Tier 2 change and more generally any tier n
change that concerns the product
•Renewal of current tooling
•Change of raw material
•Outsourcing permanently part of the
production to a tier2
•Request for product design changes such
as dimensions, functions, appearance, ….
The objective:
• Secure that, when YOU, as a supplier,
are implementing a modification
• Quality and Delivery issues are secured
• it also benefits to the Volvo Group (price
management, global costs)
• Respect the purchasing conditions
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Product and Process Change Notification
? WHAT IS IT ABOUT ?
• Both ISO/TS 16949 and PPAP 4th edition are clear:
A supplier is not allowed to make any changes on the product or
in the process that can have an effect for the customer without
prior approval from the customer.
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change of sub-suppliers
change of machines or way of producing the parts
reworking non-conforming parts
change to design of the part
to name a few examples
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How is this communicated?
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ISO/TS 16949
PPAP 4th edition
Volvo’s General Purchasing Conditions
Supplier Quality Assurance Manual
Letters from Volvo Purchasing
Communication in Purchasing Webcasts
Communication from Supplier Quality Engineers
THIS IS A BASIC REQUIREMENT THAT MUST BE RESPECTED
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ISO/TS 16949:2009
ISO/TS 16949 requirements on changes
Source: ISO/TS 16949:2009
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PPAP 4th edition
Source: PPAP 4th edition
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PPAP 4th edition
Table 3.1 (extract)
Source: PPAP 4th edition
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PPAP 4th edition
Source: PPAP 4th edition
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VOLVO PURCHASING CONDITIONS
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PPCN – Product or Process Change Notification
Source: Volvo Supplier Quality Assurance Manual
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HOW SUPPLIER SHALL PROCEED ?
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Inform Volvo on the
FORESEEN modifications
PPCN
Form
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Inform supplier on
approved application
date
Supplier
Get approval from the
VOLVO Group on
supplier modification:
Quality and Delivery
risks are solved
SQA, PD engineers,
Plant supply, Logistic,
Buyer
"PRODUCT /PROCESS CHANGE NOTIFICATION" form is an international standard form issued
from the PPAP. Mandatory use for the supplier according to the PPAP 4th edition
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