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 Lack of collaboration is a major risk
 Late engagement is a risk
 Design Collaboration
 Process Collaboration
 How much is new?
 How much time?
 How many resources?
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= Advanced
Let’s start early,
with the concepts
and collaboration
= Product
This is what the
customer is requesting
= Quality
Let’s get it right the
first time, efficiently
and every time
= Planning
Through
Collaboration we’ll
create a robust plan
Structured collaboration involving Engineering, Manufacturing, Material Control,
Purchasing, Quality, Sales and Management from both Polaris and the Supplier
INPUT!
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Advanced Product Quality Planning is a
structured method of defining and
establishing the steps necessary to assure
that a product satisfies the customer
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Sometimes Referred to as Moving the Mountain
The AIAG Advanced Product
Quality Planning (APQP) and
Control Plan Reference Manual
[available at aiag.org] provides the
general guidelines for ensuring
that APQP is implemented in
accordance with the requirements
of the customer. The APQP
spreadsheet used by Polaris
includes the corresponding page
number referencing each of the
APQP steps for quick orientation.
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The APQP/PDP
Spreadsheet acts as
both a workbook and
project tracker
Relevant product
information is entered
Cross functional teams
are established
Individual tasks are
selected and assigned
Time lines are
managed by date,
responsibility, and
percent of completion
Here is where
progress is
recorded and
stored
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Documentation
relative to the project
is stored
Overall APQP/PDP
performance/progress
is reported
There are 63 possible steps to select on the APQP/PDP
spreadsheet. These steps are selected by all or part of both
cross functional teams.
Based on project risk, Polaris has 3 levels of APQP/PDP with
minimum required steps preselected.
Risk is determined by several factors:
•Time to resource
•New product
•New supplier
•Design risks
•Safety critical
•Technically complex
•Supplier assessment score
•Supplier performance (history)
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The Polaris Risk Assessment considers
the factors and selects whether the
APQP/PDP workbook will be level 1, 2
or 3
Each level will have a minimum
number of APQP steps assigned
required to be completed by both
Polaris and the Supplier
Level 2 –
Medium Risk
Level 3 – High
Risk
•21 Mandatory APQP Steps Selected
•28 Mandatory APQP Steps Selected
•39 Mandatory APQP Steps Selected
These are minimum APQP requirements as
determined by Polaris, other value added
APQP steps may be selected by the
Supplier/Polaris cross functional teams
When saving APQP/PDP workbooks
please use the naming convention of:
project name_supplier_part number
Risk Assessment
10.0
Commodity Risk
Level 1 – Low
Risk
9.0
8.0
7.0
6.0
5.0
4.0
3.0
2.0
1.0
0.0
0.0
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5.0
PII Impact
10.0
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There are 5 PDP
Gates/Milestones
total
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• The tabs at the bottom of the workbook
are hyperlinked to the steps on the APQP
sheet
• Information on APQP and sometimes
sample forms are located on these tabs
• The tabs should also be used to convey
information related to the selected step
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The tabs at the bottom of the workbook are hyperlinked to the steps on the APQP sheet
Information on APQP and sometimes sample forms are located on these tabs
The tabs should also be used to convey information related to the selected step
Marked up drawings for 2.2 DFM&A, completed 2.13 MFC, completed Packaging Approval Form
are a few examples of items which should be attached to the workbook
Larger items such as PFMEAs and Control Plans we ask that upon completion the first page of the
document be placed on the corresponding tab and the full copy sent to the SQE for review
One of the many advantages of APQP is
PPAP related documents, which have to be
submitted before the PPAP due date, can
be preapproved by Polaris ahead of time by
obtaining a GOLD square
The Polaris SQE is saying, “This document is
ready for PPAP submission”
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PDP Status Tab
of Workbook
Provides a
Snapshot of PDP
Progress by the
Supplier
Populated from
APQP Spreadsheet
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Data Derived from
the Supplier PDP
Status is Used to
Report Overall PDP
Project Status
Across Multiple
Suppliers
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SQE’s issue the APQP/PDP Workbook to our Suppliers.
When the Supplier utilizes the Workbook Project PDP
reporting is automatically reported by Supplier and by
Project to our Management Group.
•The APQP Spreadsheet acts as both a workbook and project tracker
•Relevant product information is entered
•Cross functional teams are established
•Individual tasks are selected and assigned
•Time lines are managed by date, responsibility, and percent of completion
•Documentation relative to the project is stored
•Overall APQP performance/progress is reported
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